Mike Hawthorn Killed: A Formula One World Champion (1959) | British Pathé

This Pathé news footage details the last moments and death of U.K.’s first Formula One world champion, Mike Hawthorn, after he died in a traffic accident in 1959. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #Racing #Cars #F1 Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:1567.1) Titles read: “MIKE HAWTHORN KILLED“. Shots of racing driver Mike Hawthorn drinking with Jack Hawkins and Joe Davis at a recent National Sporting Club dinner (see 59/7 for full story). Several shots show the scene of Mike Hawthorn’s fatal car crash. We see an uprooted tree on the grass verge of the Guildford bypass and skid marks where Hawthorn’s car left the road and hit the tree. Still photographs of the wrecked car with tree jutting out of chassis. Cut back to library footage of the National Sporting Club dinner where Charles Forte is presentin