Sporting Roundabout

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1853A
Date Released
10 Dec 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sporting Roundabout. DESCRIPTION: Car Racing -. 450 miles to go in the six hour saloon car race in Melbourne, Australia. Winner was the Alfa Romeo with Alfa’s number one works driver Roberto Bussinello sharing the victory with Australian co-driver Ralph Sash. Cycling -. Hanover in West Germany. An International Cross-Country cycle race. Fifteen miles of hard going in heavy rain. A Belgian finished first. SHOTLIST: Australia - Pictures show cars leaving the start in a six hour saloon car race in Melbourne, Australia. Shots of cars cornering and one car crashing. Mini-Cooper on fire, and men extinguishing it. Vauxhall Cresta. Ford Galaxie crashing and a Ford Cortina GT on side of track. Alfa Romeo passing over the line. Also drivers getting out of their cars. Winner was an Alfa Romeo with Roberto Bussinello, co-driver Ralph Sash. Drivers mentioned in the commentary are:- Sir Gawaine Baillie, Timo Makinen, Lex Davidson. Germany - Various shots in Hanover, West Germany, of an International Cross Country cycle race. Pictures show cyclist racing through trees. Cyclists mounting cycles, also pushing and carrying them. Cyclist falling down steep bank and another one falling after him.
Keywords
Sport; Motor racing; Weather; Cycling
Locations
Australia; West Germany
Footage sources
Australia
Germany
Card file number
89137
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
189
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sporting Roundabout', British Movietone News Issue No. 1853A, 10 Dec 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25787 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)