| SWEDISH GRAND PRIX Crashes mar motor racing scenes from the Swedish Grand Prix. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5505 |
| Catalog #: | 52548 | |
| Clip Number: | 52548-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/65 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:01 - 01:34:46 | |
| Location: | Sweden. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Motoring, Car or motorcycle accident LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Sweden ROYALTY: Swedish, Carl XVI Gustaf ( Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus ) TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Racing | |
| Description: | “Swedish Grand Prix. Markis Brivio (Italy) wins thrilling race in which the King of Sweden was an interested spectator.” Sweden. Shots of motorcars lined up at start of Swedish Grand Prix race. Various dignitaries look on from podium - presumably including Swedish King Gustaf V. The cars speed away from the start. Various shots of the cars racing around parts of the race circuit that is between houses. Racing cars drive past grandstand filled with racing fans. More shots of cars. Intertitle reads: “Four of the competitors came to grief at the same spot!” Shot of wrecked racing car lying on its side amongst trees. Shot of partly demolished house presumably hit by one of the cars that crashed. Pan to wreck of car. CU of racing driver in car - presumably the Italian winner Markis Brivio. [Gustav V of Sweden (House of Bernadotte), Born 1858. Suc. 1907 Died 1950.] | |
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