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The Grand Prix

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2598
Date Released
18 Mar 1979
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Ideal Home Exhibition
  2. 2The Grand Prix

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South African Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: At the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa rain stopped the Grand Prix and it was re-started after a change of tyres for all but Jody Scheckter. The race developed into a battle between the Ferraris of Villeneuve and Scheckter, but the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve managed to hold the lead and take the chequered flag first. SHOTLIST: MS Jody Scheckter into car 11. MS Alan Jones (27) out of pits. MS Emerson Fittipaldi (14) ditto. MS James Hunt (20) ditto. MS Nelson Piquet (6) ditto. MS Clay Regazzoni (28) ditto. MCU Scheckter out of pits. MS ditto. Crowd. MS at start of race. CU starting lights. MS start of race. TS cars. Crowthorne Corner - 1st lap Scheckter leading Gilles Villeneuve. Aerial out of Crowthorne and going into Barbecue Bend then Jukskei Bend, MS cars past. MS Crowthorne Corner 2nd lap Jean-Pierre Jabouille in front. MS crowd. MS Scheckter & Villeneuve take lead from Jabouille but are flagged down as race is stopped due to heavy rain. MCU ditto. MS cars back to pits for tyre changes. MS Carlos Reutemann’s car tyre change. MS Scheckter keeps dry tyres on and moves out to start. MS Reutemann out after change. MS Villeneuve ditto. LS other cars out ditto. MS sign. MS re-start Villeneuve & Scheckter in pole-position. From bridge start of race. 1st lap Villeneuve leads Scheckter. Aerial Villeneuve & Scheckter into Barbecue Bend. MS same cars 2nd lap - Villeneuve increases lead. MS other cars into 2nd lap. MS Villeneuve into Crowthorne followed by Scheckter & Jabouille. Aerial ditto. Crowd. Aerial Hunt into Leeukop Bend. MS Scheckter overtakes Piquet to be lap ahead. Villeneuve closes gap in the Esses and over takes Niki Lauda and takes the lead. GV circuit. Aerial Scheckter. Crowd. MS Scheckter into Crowthorne past Patrick Tambay and chasing Jabouille. MS Alan Jones out of car after car spins and ends up sideways. Pan car to side of track where Jacques Lafitte rammed tanks [sic] also out of race. Pan Scheckter in 2nd place. Crowd. MS Villeneuve in lead. Aerial Villeneuve into Leeutop to finishing line. MS crowd. MS Villeneuve receives flag with Scheckter 3 seconds behind. MCU Villeneuve sprays champagne and Jabouille grabs it and attempts to spray Villeneuve - Jarier drinks from bottle. LS both spraying champagne. NB Good shots of spray from rain during race. 1st - Gilles Villeneuve, 2nd - Jody Scheckter, 3rd Jean-Pierre Jarier, 4th Mario Andretti.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing
Locations
South Africa; Kyalami
Card file number
79/33
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
413
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