Fatal Crash Cars 500 Mile Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

173

Date Released

26 Sep 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fatal Crash Cars 500 Mile Race
2. 2Lord Talbot Puts in with Flying Family
3. 3Methodist Church Celebrates Union
4. 4Hindenburg Greets Foreign Attaches

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fatal Crash at Brooklands (Dunfee). DESCRIPTION: Clive Dunfee overshoots banking at 150 mph in Big Bentley (No 41) at Brooklands. Sub.1. Clive Dunfee takes over from his brother Jack shortly before crash. SHOTLIST: Elevated car starting off along track past camera. Camera follows cars. Sub.1. Car pulls into side and Clive Dunfee takes over car. Mechanics overhaul same. Car start off from pits. Camera follows same. No 41 covered round track. Close shot of part of track. Car overshoots the banking on track and crashes into same. NB The crash material is good.

Keywords

Sport; Vehicles; Motor racing; Accidents and disasters

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Movietone

Card file number

2023

Length of story (in feet)

116

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