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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

118

Date Released

7 Sep 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. High-speed Flight is Ready at Calshot
• 2. Barrie’s Childhood Memories of Hardy
• 3. Baby Cars Piled Up in Triple Collision
• 4. Nation’s Leaders Send Out Call on Eve of Assembly of Parliament

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Baby Cars Piled Up in Triple Collision. DESCRIPTION: American racing drivers come to grief in series of smashes on track at Middletown. SHOTLIST: Cars on track round bend. On the straight past camera. Shots of the car on track. Shots of the three cars piling up and extricating themselves after.

Keywords

Sport; Motor racing

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1401

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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