At Home & Abroad: Brescia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1352A
Date Released
5 May 1955
Date submitted
1 May 1955
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Section Title
At Home & Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stirling Moss Wins Mille Miglia. DESCRIPTION: When Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia at Brescia, he was the first British driver to do so. Driving a Mercedes, he broke the record for the event at an average of 97.9 mph. SHOTLIST: GV of the cars going down from starting ramp. CU of Stirling Moss and Jenkinson in car. Various shots of the race. LS of car crash. CU of the crashed car. Moss winning. Car flashes its lights. CU of Moss after the race. Juan Fangio also in this race.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing
Locations
Italy; Brescia
Footage sources
France
Card file number
63463
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'At Home & Abroad: Brescia', British Movietone News Issue No. 1352A, 5 May 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20038 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)