L/S as they begin the race. Various shots as they speed around the course and people watch. M/S as British driver Dick Seaman comes in to refuel. Brauchitsch is already refuelling when his car catches fire. M/S as...
L/S as they begin the race. Various shots as they speed around the course and people watch. M/S as British driver Dick Seaman comes in to refuel. Brauchitsch is already refuelling when his car catches fire. M/S as his mechanics pull him out of the car covered in flaming petrol, he puts himself out and his mechanics spray foam on the car. Seaman pulls away and Brauchitsch follows in his foam covered car, everyone applauds. Various shots of Seaman speeding around and coming in to win. C/U of Seaman with laurel wreath around his neck, the ribbon has a swastika on it.
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Race was held on 24 July 1938.
Dick Seaman's winning car was a Mercedes-Benz W154.
"Brauchitsch" is Manfred von Brauchitsch.