Outback Rally

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2145
Date Released
13 Jul 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Outback Rally. DESCRIPTION: Over two hundred cars start from Sydney in the gruelling ten thousand mile Ampol Rally. A brief stop at Alice Springs and they’re off again into the dust and heat of the outback. SHOTLIST: CU pan car starts rally - Ferguson in a Holden (51). TV car starting rally. CU firework explodes. SCU Gelignite Jack Murray in flashy suit into car. 2 CUs Murray in car, starter drops flag. SV pan Murray starts rally. CU driver with beard in car. SV pan old car starts rally (No 119). GV Alice Springs. SV sign Alice Springs. SCU Captain James Cook in costume. SV two young girls laughing. SCU Captain Cook starts race pan to Volkswagen starts. GV crowd. LV car comes through archway. SV pan car drives past. LV car drives across prairie - sheep scatter in f/g. SCU driver locks farm gate pan runs to car & away. SV (3 shots) cars across rough country.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Motor racing; Environment; Animals
Locations
Sydney; Australia; Alice Springs
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
96142
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
111
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Outback Rally', British Movietone News Issue No. 2145, 13 Jul 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28395 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)