Auto Rally

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2331
Date Released
4 Feb 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Auto Rally. DESCRIPTION: The Bandana Auto Rally in French West Africa, won by Germans Edgar Herrman and Hans Schuler, provides the adventure Europe lacks. SHOTLIST: LV car No 6 racing past on dusty African road. SV pan car 57 racing past. SV pan car 51 skids round corner in cloud of dust. GV another car bounces over hillock in road. GV pan African natives watching car 9 race past. SV another car bounces over hillock. GV car 10 bounces over hillock past natives & races round bend. SV car No 8 along very dusty road, shot through windscreen along road ahead. SV another car along dusty road. CU windscreen being plastered with mud. SV car No 7 over hillock & dashes past. SV pan car No 11 races past. SV group of local natives watching. LV car with headlamp on coming in check point (Buick). SV mechanics at work on car. SV 2 natives dust top of car as it races away at speed, tracking shot past countryside, slow track past car No 1 on side of road (abandoned broken down). SV Jap mechanic & drivers working on car No 7 (Datsun). NATURAL SOUND...SV pan from mechanics to car No 1 as it flashes past tracking shot along road past a large timber truck, travel shot from
Keywords
Sport; Mass media; Motor racing; Weather; Environment
Footage sources
France
Card file number
99661
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
258
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Auto Rally', British Movietone News Issue No. 2331, 4 Feb 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30218 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)