News from Abroad: Usa
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Section Title
- News from Abroad
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Indianapolis 500 Race. DESCRIPTION: This year’s 500 mile, £35,000 car race at Indianapolis was marred by tragedy, when horrified spectators saw Bill Vukovich killed in a five car crash. SHOTLIST: Cars racing round. GV of the crash. CUs of the wreckage. CU of the winner Bob Sweikert. Bill Vukovich was killed.
- Keywords
- Sport; Motor racing; Accidents and disasters
- Locations
- United States of America; Indianapolis
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 63740
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 51
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- Name
- AP Archive
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- Web
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- Phone
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How to cite this record
'News from Abroad: Usa', British Movietone News Issue No. 1357A, 9 Jun 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20116 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)