British Racing Cars

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
958
Date Released
1977
Filmed
Mar 1977
Length of issue (in feet)
182
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: The motor racing season is just starting in Britain; so Diana MacLean decided to find out more about this sport which will be hitting the headlines for the next few months. She visited a factory which makes more mator racing equipment than any other in the world and then to school - to a motor racing drivers’ school to learn how to drive a modern British racing car.
Researcher Comments
Features the Jim Russell School at Snetterton in Norfolk. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 542A’ contains substantial footage from this film
Keywords
Education and training; Motor racing
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/958
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Presenter
Diana MacLean
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Lilliana Velasco
Cutter
Mike Willcox
Director
Nick Hague
Producer
Patrick Brawn
Camera
Platypus Films
Support services
Zakiya Powell

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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How to cite this record

'British Racing Cars', This Week In Britain Issue No. 958, 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329199 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)