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Mike Hawthorn Killed 1959
Description
Titles read: "MIKE HAWTHORN KILLED".
Shots of racing driver Mike Hawthorn drinking with Jack Hawkins and Joe Davis at a recent National Sporting Club dinner (see 59/7 for full story).
Several shots show the scene of Mike Hawthorn's fatal car crash. We see an uprooted tree on the grass...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 58728
- Sort Number:
- 59/008
- Time in/Out:
- 01:18:39:00 / 01:20:45:00
- Canister:
- 59/8
- Film ID:
- 1567.10
- Issue Date:
- 26/01/1959
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The final shots, from 02:01 onwards, show Hawthorn after winning the 1955 Le Mans race, driving his Jaguar D-Type.