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Second R.A.C. International Car Rally 1952
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Hastings, Sussex & Silverstone, Northamptonshire.
Hastings. Car No 7, Allard with sign 'RAC (Royal Automobile Club) Rally of Great Britain'. Allard car No 7 with racing driver A. Godfrey Imhof on side. GV. Imhof's Allard. MS. The starting line. MS. The Mayor and Mayoress of Hastings looking...
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- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 69616
- Sort Number:
- UN 2424 B & C
- Time in/Out:
- 01:35:15:00 / 01:38:21:00
- Canister:
- UN 2424 B & C
- Film ID:
- 2587.14
- Issue Date:
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Event took place 31 March - 2 April 1952.
Line 1 - The Allard is an Allard J2.
"A G Imhof" is Godfrey Imhof.
Line 7 - Tommy Wisdom's Jaguar is a Jaguar Mark VII.
Reg Harris's MG is an MG TD. (NOTE: Reg Harris was a leading track cyclist in the 1940s and 50s, winning two Olympic silver medals).
The car appearing at 02:51 is an Austin A90 Atlantic.
Useful comments - thank you.