Austin Healey Sprite

Austin Healey Sprite 1958-1959

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Short Summary

John Bolster watches racing driver Roy Salvadori drive Austin Sprite around Silverstone.
Description

Titles read: 'The British Motor Corporation Ltd - BMC (on a rosette) - the AUSTIN MOTOR COMPANY present - AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE - with Roy Salvadori and John Bolster'.

Silverstone, Northamptonshire.

M/S of sign reading 'British Racing Drivers' Club - Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit - Unauthorised Entry Prohibited' standing on a road. Pan to a wonderful open-top car driving along a country road and up to the Silverstone entrance. The moustachioed driver ( John Bolster in Austin Healey 100-6 ), wearing a deerstalker hat and checked jacket chats to an RAC man at the barrier and is allowed in.

The man watches racing driver Roy Salvadori get into the Austin Healey Sprite. He drives off and around the track, leaving a spray of water in his wake (looks like quite a rainy day). Various shots of the man as he drives along. The deerstalker man watches him go.
Tags
- British
- Motor
- Corporation
- BMC
- Austin
- Healey
- Sprite
- Roy
- Salvadori
- John
- Bolster
- Silverstone
- Northamptonshire
- RAC
- Royal
- Automobile
- Corporation
- racing
- cars
- competitions
Data

Film ID:

3252.05

Media URN:

90671

Group:

Documentaries

Archive:

British Pathé

Issue Date:

Sound:

sound

HD Format:

Available on request

Stock:

Black & White

Duration:

00:02:52:00

Time in/Out:

01:12:26:00 / 01:15:18:00

Canister:

DOCS