| TRAGIC SPEEDWAY CAR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA A motor racing car crashes into the crowd in Penrith, Australia. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6379 |
| Catalog #: | 97473 | |
| Clip Number: | 97473-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/54 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:15 - 01:13:14 | |
| Location: | Australia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Motoring, Car or motorcycle accident LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: New South Wales TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Racing | |
| Description: | Tragic crash in Australian motor racing track. Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Brief shots of a man sitting in a racing car and putting his crash helmet on. M/S of cars moving off towards the racetrack. Several shots of the race. Car number one, driven by Wally James, starts to go out of control and crashes into a fence that people are standing behind. We see the crash in L/S as bodies are thrown about like rag dolls with the force of the impact - very horrible. People rush about in panic and try to assist the injured ones. Brief shots of the front of the damaged front of the car. Note: commentary in paperwork says that three people were killed and ten others hurt. | |
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