Britons Win Sports Car Classic (1957)

Nurburg Ring, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Start of a 1000 kilometres international sports car race at Nuerburg Ring, Germany. GV. Pan, drivers racing towards cars and jumping in. Cars start to move away. SCU. Crowds. GV. Mass of cars racing after start. GV. Back view as cars sweep away into bend. GV. Countryside shot as cars race away up road. LV. Pan, car No 14, with driver Tony Brooks and co-driver Noel Cunningham-Reid, out in front. LV. Towards and past, No 14. LV. Pan, Stirling Moss in car No 1 goes after No 14. CU. Crowds. GV. Stirling Moss' car skidding along road. LV. As Moss gets out. SV. Crowds. SV. Moss' car with rear wheel missing. LV. Towards and past, car No 14 back in the lead. LV. Towards and past, mass of cars, nose to tail, sweeping into a bend. CU. Moss explaining his misfortune to another man. LV. Towards, car No 14 out in the front. SV. Towards, car No 6. LV. Towards as winner flashes over line. SV. Crowd clapping. SV. Car No 14 coming, crowd. SV. Union Jack being hoisted. SCU. Brooks and Cunningham being garlanded. (Lav.) (Title Scene D) (Orig.I) FILM ID:647.06 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/