Colour item showing Alpine Rally which starts at Marseilles in France.
Description
Item title reads - Alpine Rally.
Marseilles, France.
Technicolor.
Various shots start of the Alpine rally at night, various different cars race away. Good L/S Alps. Travelling shot from car in rain. M/S as Saab passes. M/S as Daaf passes. Travelling shot in rain. C/U hands on steering wheel, C/U driver. M/S spinning around the roads. Various shots of Clark and Porter's Rover 2000 spinning around the bends, it comes to a stop and driver jumps out at checkpoint. M/S car speeding down road. A Renault speeds past.
Various shots cars stopped for service, C/U man changing tyre. C/U Ann Hall wiping her face with tissue, she is the Rover 2000's navigator. M/S of them looking at map. M/S Mini speeding along followed by Rover. M/S town of Menton. Various shots as cars pull in. M/S checkpoint at final stage, M/S's Monte Carlo rally winner Timo Makinen with co-driver Paul Easter. M/S people watching. Various shots as they drive down mountain roads. C/U man putting out fire on front of Cortina. Various shots of the race. L/S Monte Carlo, various shots as cars pull in.
jamied says
The Alpine Rally took place from 19-25 July 1965.
The cars pulling away at 00:08 and 00:13 are both Mini Cooper models.
The cars at 00:16 and again at 00:20 are both Rover 2000 models.
"M/S as Daaf passes." - that should read DAF Daffodil.
"Clark and Porter's" - this is Roger Clark and JIm Porter.
"A Renault speeds past" - it's a Renault R8 Gordini.
"C/U Ann Hall wiping her face with tissue, she is the Rover 2000's navigator" - no, this is Anne Hall's navigator, Pat Spencer.