Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.
Monza, Italy
LS and CU Towards cars at massed start of the Monza Auto Race. Nos. 68 and 16 in lead.
LS Cars racing away on the first lap of race. LS Pan, cars racing up straight and round bend. MS No. 16 followed by No. 68 up and round bend. LS High shot, two cars racing down straight in front of grandstand. (Italian flag at half mast ?). High shot pan with No. 16 as it races down straight. MS Towards No. 82 belching smoke as he rounds bend.
CU Racing driver Piero Airaldi's Maserati in flames, lying upside down by the track. MS Airaldi being dragged from wrecked car. CU Burning car. MS Airaldi being carried away on a stretcher.
MS Pan with No. 68 as he races along road, pan to race time board. CU Time board. LS Prince Bira in No. 68 driving car out of pits back onto track. Belching smoke from car. LS High shot, No. 68 and No. 16 racing down to finish. MS Man with chequered flag, No. 68 flashes past. LS Towards, winner Bira as he drives into pits. CU Bira drinking from bottle and being congratulated.
Note: "Date received" on original record reads: 01/06/1955.
FILM ID:2684.1
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