Brands Hatch - BOAC International 500 Race Aka Ford Gt 40 Wins BOAC International 500 Race (1968)

No title. Ford GT 40 wins BOAC International 500 Race at Brands Hatch, Kent.



Various shots cars lined up on grid at Brands Hatch. C/U front of car driven by Bruce McLaren. C/U driver Bruce McLaren. C/U car driven by Dick Thompson. C/U Thompson. C/U of the exhaust coming out of gas turbine car to be driven by Thompson. C/U ditto, pan to the engine. C/U car driven by Joakim Bonnier. C/U Bonnier doing up safety belt. C/U Bonnier.



M/S cars on grid showing a man dressed in silver suit. Cars waiting for the flag on grid. Camera pans as they start. Various shots of race. Camera pans to show side of the track where the gas turbine car has crashed. C/U Thompson running across track. Pan as he runs to safety. C/Us crashed turbine car. More shots of race.



C/U as Porsche comes into pit for service. The car is refuelled and driver Jo Siffert changes places with Gerhard Mitter. More shots of race. Cars head towards the finishing line. The flag goes down as Ford driven by Brian Redman crosses the line, other cars follow. M/S winning drivers Brian Redman and Jackie Ickx wearing garlands of flowers sitting in car with two BOAC hostesses. C/U the winners as car moves off. M/S the winners as car drives past camera.



BOAC = British Overseas Airways Corporation.



Cars in race include Porsches, Lolas, Fords, Lotus Europas.




FILM ID:2059.1

A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/

FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/

British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/