Drag Car Racing (1964)

Blackbushe, Surrey. Scenes at a drag car racing track. Various shots of the cars and spectators. American “dragsters“ are seen. Mechanics fiddle around with the cars. C/Us of some of the cars and drivers. Motorcycle dragsters are also seen. This is apparently the first British Drag Racing Festival. Various shots of cars racing around the track. Narrator wonders if this might be the craze to replace Stock Car Racing. Some of the cars trail parachutes behind them. Cuts exist - see separate record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT 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-