Britain Wins Vintage Car Test

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1319A
Date Released
16 Sep 1954
Date submitted
10 Sep 1954
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anglo American Car Rally. DESCRIPTION: Arriving at Goodwood after their 850 mile run from Edinburgh, British and American vintage cars were faced with further tests. Victory went to Britain and the trophy was presented to the captain by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon. SHOTLIST: Various cars arriving at Goodwood. Small boys leaning on a signpost. Cars doing several tests. Start of race of vintage cars. The trophy being presented to the British captain by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon. Crowd shots.
Keywords
Vehicles; History and archaeology
Locations
Goodwood
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
61834
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Britain Wins Vintage Car Test', British Movietone News Issue No. 1319A, 16 Sep 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19523 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)