Wrecks Into Racers

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
1049
Date Released
1979
Length of issue (in feet)
175
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Wrecks Into Racers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Many youngsters long so desperately to own a car - which for them is the ultimate status symbol - that they completely disregard the law, and go out and steal one. A revolutionary method of rehabilitating these young delinquents is now being used in South East London: they’re given old wrecks which they work hard to repair and - for one night of glory - they have the chance to become a racing driver.
Researcher Comments
Includes footage from commercials for Vauxhall Chevette and Cavalier cars and an interview with Alan McKennedy who runs the Ilderton Motor Project. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 597’ ran the same story
Keywords
Motor racing; Motor vehicles; Crime; Engineering; Youth
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/1049
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
Mike Willcox
Presenter
Vicki Luke

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 73 times.