John Surtees Wins Belgium Grand Prix 1966

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Francorchamps, Belgium.

MS. French singer and actor Yves Montand acts a scene from a feature film about racing cars in the pits just before start of the Belgium Grand Prix car race. Various shots of start of the race and then shots of the race. Rain falls at one stage and cars spray. John Surtees...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
89780
Sort Number:
UN 4143 G
Time in/Out:
01:54:08:00 / 01:55:39:00
Canister:
UN 4143 G
Film ID:
3205.28
Issue Date:
1966

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  • The circuit's full name is Spa-Francorchamps as opposed to simply Francorchamps.

    "Yves Montand acts a scene from a feature film about racing cars - the film was called "Grand Prix". The blonde actress with him is Eva Marie Saint.

    The race took place on 12 June 1966. Surtees in seen wining the race in his Ferrari.

    jamied 18th Feb 2012
  • Did anyone see Eva Marie Saint in the 1996 version of "Titanic" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones? What do people think of that version?

    We have footage in our archive of the Titanic - search for the ship to watch it.

    British Pathé 2nd May 2012

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