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Death Of Ascari 1955
Description
Unused / unissued material -
Monza, Italy. Material centred around the death of Italian motor racing driver Alberto Ascari.
CU Alberto Ascari interviewed by Incom. Aerial view, Monza race track. Start of race. Race in progress. CU Ascari in car. Aerial view of race. Ascari winning....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 79619
- Sort Number:
- UN 2741 B
- Time in/Out:
- 01:55:27:00 / 01:59:03:00
- Canister:
- UN 2741 B
- Film ID:
- 2682.19
- Issue Date:
- 1955
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Alberto Ascari was killed on 26th May 1955 at Monza, while testing the Ferrari 750 Monza he was to have shared with Eugenio Castellotti in the Supercortemaggiore sports car race three days later.