Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Isle of Man Car Race

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
951A
Date Released
28 Aug 1947
Date submitted
25 Aug 1947
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Racing - Isle of Man (Mute). DESCRIPTION: B Bira won the Manx Cup but the big race, the British Empire Trophy, was won by FR Gerard in an ERA. SHOTLIST: KS Cars racing along road. Lord and Lady Bromet shake hands with B Bira. Start of the road race, various shots of motors racing along roads, round bends, through towns, No 47 - JL Wyer skids completely round on bend, then in starting off again, his the sandbags. SCU No 55 B Bira racing along road. SCU Bira the winner of Manx Cup drinking out of bottle. Start of British Empire Trophy race, various shots of racing. MS FR Gerard in ERA and SCU of him kissing his wife.
Local distribution only
2 copies only.
Keywords
Motor racing
Card file number
49059
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Isle of Man Car Race', British Movietone News Issue No. 951A, 28 Aug 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14618 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)