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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

5707

Title

[THE SCOTTISH RALLY 1951 AND OTHER TIME TRIALS CONTINUED]

Producer

Jack Twyford

Date

1945-55

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

31 mins 35 secs

Description

The film begins with close up shots of the races start line, the track is in a seafront with rolling hills in the background. There are close up shots of drivers and their families posing with thier vehicles. Footage begins from The Scottish Rally, 1951 with shots of the front of the event programme. Shots on the mountains of highland cows. Another off-road race track in green surroundings with a large crowd to support. Shots of owners and others cleaning vehicles . Drivers race to their vehicles at the start of the race at different racetrack, with wet grounds. Brief shots of cottages with manicured flowerbeds and close-ups of a child. Time trials with various components, such as finishing a bottle of drink dressed as a baby and throwing balls into buckets at different check points.

 

 



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