" MOUNTAIN LEGEND " 1965 TARGA FLORIO ROAD RACE, PALERMO SICILY CASTROL OIL FILM XD77765

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This vintage sports film presents the notorious Targa Florio; a public road race originating from 1906. Roads are closed to public traffic as tubular barricades and hay bales cut and line the unique race. It runs through Palermo, Sicily. This is the 49th Targa Florio run on May 9th 1965. Nino Vaccarella and the Ferrari 275 PZ would take the win. Nino won again in 1971 and 1975. It is a Castrol film (:33). The British oil company was founded in 1899. Roadways cut up by former racers are pictured (:59). An Italian sign beckons sports fan to witness the event (1:04). The Naples ferry sits in the Palermo harbor five days prior to the races start (1:18). Top contenders arrive. A Fiat Abarth is lowered to the ground (1:20). A Sicilian cop stands by (1:30). The Austin Healy 3000 (1:33) and Timo Makinen arrive. Paddy Hopkirk and Andrew Hedges shared the MG Midget Coupe (1:36). A Healy Sprite Prototype is wheeled out (1:48). The Porsche team (1:55) includes the Sunbeam Tiger driven by Peter Harper (1:56) and Rupert Jones. A Ferrari 275 (2:02) follows. Cars run the roads for practice (2:17). The Renault 10 (2:32) and Porsche 904 zoom around (2:36). John Whitmore drove the Ford GT (3:05). The Abarth Simca 2000 (3:18) follows. Castrol oil is added to an engine (3:37). Paul Hawkins (3:41) and Timo meet. The 1964 winner appears; Antonio Pucci with Porsche (3:48). Huschke von Hanstein stands near. Mike Parks of Ferrari appears (3:56) alongside Jeff Healy. Tommy Wisdom; the British motoring correspondent (4:20) interviews Timo. Timo drives around the 45 mile long track (4:50). He turns down the downhill stretch (5:36). Jo Bonnier and Graham Hill drive a prototype Porsche (6:20). Von Hanstein (6:26) discusses the new car (6:39). Ludovici Scarfiotti interviews with Tommy Wisdom (7:43). Timo reaches the highest part of the course (8:25). He enters the road once especially built for the Targa by Mussolini (8:33) running between Caltavuturo and Collesano. Paddy Hopkirk (9:24) discusses the race. Cars jam the raceway for official practice (11:05). Tommy Wisdom hits the pits (11:08). Lorenzo Bandini (11:19) chats with Scarfiotti. Practice races begin (11:37). The Pucci Porsche crashes (12:16). Gerhard Mitter drives the Porsche prototype (12:47). Nino Vaccarella runs well through the practice (12:56). Scarfiotti (13:15) discusses the roadway. Roadmen conduct maintenance (13:44). Drivers paint road signs (13:52). Posters encourage good race behavior (14:00). Ferrari is etched in red on stone (14:14). Fans push through the turn styles (14:21). Participating cars line up (14:52). Harper (15:04) and Bonnier sign autographs (15:06). Bandini (15:23) readies for the race. It begins (15:44). The MG Midget (16:00) and Porsche 904 (16:20) run off. Timo starts (16:24). The Sprite prototype takes off (17:09). The Alpine A110 (17:51) curves around. A wide angle shows a portion of the track (18:16). The Porsche 176 (18:26) and Porsche 904 (19:28) appear. Paddy Hopkirk (19:36) precedes Timo (19:41). A maroon is fired (20:26). Vaccarella maintains the lead (20:55). Scarfiotti rides into second (21:03). The Healy enters the pits (23:53). The Ferrari GTO enters the pit with a damaged hood (24:22). Scarfiotti maintains second (24:27). Ferrari's team manager (24:32) fumes. Bandini (24:46) cleans his shoes. Vaccarella awards his co-driver a five minute head start (25:05). The Sunbeam tiger (25:38) appears. Bandini holds the lead (27:01). The Porsche sweeps in (27:19) at the end of the fourth lap. John Whitmore runs at third (28:41). The Ferrari GTO and Healy Sprite battle (29:54). Whitmore loses a wheel (31:21) and a hub nut. A spectator locates the hub nut (31:31). Andrew takes over the Midget (32:54). The Ferrari 330 experiences ignition trouble (36:28). Bandini stops at the pit (36:44). The Porsche enters the pit (37:34). Graham is pictured on the side lines (37:42). The Ford GT is filmed from above (38:18) and later against a concrete road post (38:23). Vaccarella (40:14) runs for the finish line. Porsche cars take 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th (41:00). Vaccarella and Bandini enter the winners circle (41:24). This film was created with the cooperation of the Automobile Club of Palermo (42:33). Raymond Baxter narrated (42:40). The Castrol Oil logo (42:53). 

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