Alpine Rally 1965

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Item title reads - Alpine Rally.

Marseilles, France.

Technicolor.

Various shots start of the Alpine rally at night, various different cars race away. Good L/S Alps. Travelling shot from car in rain. M/S as Saab passes. M/S as Daaf passes. Travelling shot in rain. C/U hands...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55545
Sort Number:
65/062
Time in/Out:
01:04:37:00 / 01:07:16:00
Canister:
65/62
Film ID:
1814.05
Issue Date:
01/08/1965

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  • The Alpine Rally took place from 19-25 July 1965.

    The cars pulling away at 00:08 and 00:13 are both Mini Cooper models.

    The cars at 00:16 and again at 00:20 are both Rover 2000 models.

    "M/S as Daaf passes." - that should read DAF Daffodil.

    "Clark and Porter's" - this is Roger Clark and JIm Porter.

    "A Renault speeds past" - it's a Renault R8 Gordini.

    "C/U Ann Hall wiping her face with tissue, she is the Rover 2000's navigator" - no, this is Anne Hall's navigator, Pat Spencer.

    jamied 11th Dec 2012

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