Speed 1930-1939

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Full title reads: "Speed. Exciting Motorcar races at Pescara".

Italy.

VS of drivers and mechanics checking racing cars in pits. Good shots of cars being fuelled and engines being prepared. CU of woman racing driver in car. MV Italian military figure waves flag. VS as cars speed out...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
81175
Sort Number:
UNI GAZ 042
Time in/Out:
01:36:18:00 / 01:37:51:00
Canister:
UNI GAZ ROLL 42
Film ID:
2753.13
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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0:010:020:030:04

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  • This may be a mix of shots from the Coppa Acerbo race at Pescara over several years, as it starts off as a race for sports cars, then shows a mid to late 1930’s Auto Union Grand Prix car, then early 1930’s Alfas and Bugattis.

    00:14 – Tazio Nuvolari stands with his hand on the seatback of his car (Alfa Romeo sports car No.4).
    00:55 – an Auto Union Grand prix car.

    roycousins 24th Dec 2012
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