Old Crocks Race

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

232A

Date Released

16 Nov 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Camera Makes Rapid Sketches in Britain
2. 2Press and Cine Boys Mob Litvinov in US
3. 3Old Crocks Race
4. 4Kingsford Smith is Hailed in Sydney

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Old Crocks Race. DESCRIPTION: Veterans celebrate 1896 law abolishing "man with red flag" and removing 2 mph speed limit. SHOTLIST: Shots of the start and scenes of the old cars going over Westminster Bridge. Speeded up shots of the traffic including "old crocks". Scenes in Brighton. Kaye Don driving car.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Motor racing; Competitions; Records; Road transport; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2674

Length of story (in feet)

143

Story extras:

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