Speed and Safety

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1842A
Date Released
24 Sep 1964
Date submitted
18 Sep 1964
Date Other
Sep 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed and Safety. DESCRIPTION: Stirling Moss was at Blackbushe to see a British Dragsters team competing against the Americans. Dragsters sprint cars, costing up to 8,000 pounds, are designed to reach 200 miles an hour in just a quarter of a mile. The faster you go, the harder it is to stop. That was just one of the tests being carried out at the Road Research Laboratories, Crowthorne in Berkshire, to make driving safer. They deal with everything from the lay out and the surface of the road itself to the design of the vehicles which use it. SHOTLIST: (Dragsters) Key scene. CU dragster. CU gum chewing driver. CU dragster engine. MCU dragster saloon car. CU Stirling Moss. MS dragster being filled with fuel. GV crowd. MLS pan dragster past camera. MS finishing steward. MLS Saloon dragster past camera. GV crowd. LS dragster. MLS pan two dragsters racing. Dragster uses parachute brake. (Open Day Road Research). MCU Hillman Imp crashes into wall. CU Road Research sign. MLS pan E-Type Jaguar braking on wet road. MCU Hillman Minx crashing wall. MCU Ford Anglia being crashed in to lamp-post. LS same hitting lamp-post. MLS pan Bedford lorry hits link fence. MLS Mini van does likewise.
Keywords
Sport; Vehicles
Locations
Blackbushe; Crowthorne; Transport and Road Research Laboratory
Card file number
88867
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
234
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Speed and Safety', British Movietone News Issue No. 1842A, 24 Sep 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25689 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)