School for Racing Drivers

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
122
Date Released
29 Apr 1957
Date recorded
29 Mar 1957
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: More than 5,000 enthusiastss have applied for tuition at the school for racing drivers recently opened at Brands Hatch in Kent. Successful applicants attend group lectures and are then given personal instruction by top-class drivers under racing conditions. It is hoped that from this nursery will emerge the drivers capable of putting and keeping Britain out in front on the car-racing circuits of the world.
Researcher Comments
Title on lobby card reads "Racing Drivers School".
Keywords
Education and training; Motor racing
Locations
Kent; England; Brands Hatch
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
192
Story extras:
Film clip

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'School for Racing Drivers', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 122, 29 Apr 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120379 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)