Car Trial Hazards
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Car Trials on Birdsville Track. DESCRIPTION: Rivers in flood are a major hazard in a reliability Trial round Australia. Six thousand miles of the toughest motoring in the world. SHOTLIST: TPS cars going round the track. CU of car. CU of Rolls Royce. Shots of Volkswagen Beetle going through the water. At night - shot of car. Shot of elephant on track. Day - car goes through deep gully and heads towards the cameraman. The cameraman falls over (as seen through the camera).
- Keywords
- Sport; Mass media; Vehicles; Motor racing; Environment; Animals
- Locations
- Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 71292
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 62
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How to cite this record
'Car Trial Hazards', British Movietone News Issue No. 1468A, 25 Jul 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21823 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)