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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1130A

Date Released

1 Feb 1951

Date submitted

30 Jan 1951

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. British Cars in Monte Carlo Rally
• 2. Z & G Class Call-Up
• 3. Atc’s 10th Birthday
• 4. Diamond Smuggling
• 5. Filming in the Desert
• 6. Arctic Korea
• 7. Indian Celebrates Republic Day
• 8. Glasgow Students’ Rag
• 9. Rangers First Round Victory

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Cars in Monte Carlo Rally. DESCRIPTION: When the cars reach Monte Carlo, they’ve completed a very strenuous road journey of about 2,000 miles; British cars, by the way, did pretty well, winning third prize in the big event and capturing the Riviera Cup, for the light car class. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. British car passes camera on Monte Carlo esplanade. Several shots British cars arriving. CU radiator shows names of cars, Bentley, Jaguar, Bristol, Jowett-Javelin, etc. Various shots of cars being tested for the braking & acceleration tests. GV - two shots - Monte Carlo front. Weather - raining.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Motor racing

Footage sources

France

Card file number

54948

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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