Wrecks Into Racers
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: About the Ilderton Motor Project in south east London and its work in trying to rehabilitate young car thieves, who are given old wrecks to repair and race.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 1049’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Motor racing; Motor vehicles; Crime; Engineering; Youth
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1257/597
- Credits:
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
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How to cite this record
'Wrecks Into Racers', London Line Issue No. 597. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/326887 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)