Safety Fast!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1713
Date Released
2 Apr 1962
Date submitted
28 Mar 1962
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Safety Fast!. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show skids at the BSM High Performance Course at Brands Hatch, a course for the keen average motorist, who finds himself at the wheel of a faster car. As cars get faster, it becomes more and more important to know how to control them. . And here are some crazy mixed-up motorists having a stock car race in South Australia. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS car skids. CU sign BSM. Skid track. LS car on skid track. CU steering wheel of car. MS car comes towards camera and skids. MS stock car race. MS man waving flag. MS car comes round track. MS ditto (2 shots) car just miss each other. MS car turns over.
Keywords
Motor racing
Locations
London; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
84132
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Safety Fast!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1713, 2 Apr 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24572 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)