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Rac Rally 1964 - Pathe Film

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:01 pm
by mab01uk
London. RAC Rally"
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/rac-rally

GV Cars at Chelsea Barracks for scrutineering. CU Paddy Hopkirk adjusting spotlight on his Mini. CU Leonard Eliasson of Germany looking at the engine of his Mini Cooper. CU Eliasson. CU Pat Moss and Eric Carlsson. SV Anne Hall checking engine of her Rover. CU ditto. GV Cars at Chelsea barracks.

GV Cars going past camera through village. SV Pan Mini going past camera. SV Pan Cortina going past camera. Tracking shot. Pathe news car with Ken Goddard filming from it.

CU Sign "R.A.C. Rally special stage start". GV No 97 Cortina driven by A Taylor and J Billet leading the check point. SV MG No 92 Skelton and B Limsey-Jones having their car checked. CU Card in timing machine. SV Card handed to the driver and the MG moves off. GV Mini Cooper No 1 Paddy Hopkirk and Henry Liddon taking bend on the rough course. GV Cortina No 3 Vic Elford and David Stone taking the bend. GV Rover No 29 W Morrison and J Syer taking the bend. GV Austin Cooper No 30 Sir P Moon and B Culcheth taking the bend. GV Rover No 45 driven by Anne Hall and Miss P Spencer taking the bend. SV Volkswagen No 41 driven by I Loudon-Cox and R Finlay as they hit the banking reverse off then carry on their way. GV Mini Cooper, C Orrenius and R Dahlgren coming down hill and past camera.

GV Welsh mountains. Tracking shot as two Minis pass. Tracking shot hedge flying by. Tracking shot racing along with the two Minis. GV Pan Paddy Hopkirk goes round bend and past camera. GV Two cars coming towards and past camera. GV Pan Rover No 66 going past camera. GV Mini Cooper No 30 going past camera. Tracking shot as Mini overtakes.

Re: Rac Rally 1964 - Pathe Film

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:21 pm
by davidnutland
Very nice!

Re: Rac Rally 1964 - Pathe Film

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:28 pm
by LMM76C
Except, last time I watched it, it was Lennart Eliasson and he was Swedish...

His co-driver being Olle German, also Swedish, is probably the source of the "confusion".

Eliasson's Cooper S was in the lead of the first Gulf London Rally (1965) at one point.

Re: Rac Rally 1964 - Pathe Film

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:24 pm
by Pete
We had a good 'ol chinwag about this on here quite a while ago, can't find the thread though.

Re: Rac Rally 1964 - Pathe Film

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:52 am
by mab01uk
Pete wrote:We had a good 'ol chinwag about this on here quite a while ago, can't find the thread though.
I couldn't find it either.....so posted it again in case it was on the old forum.