• Short Summary

    British driver Dick Seaman wins the German Grand Prix.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Germany.

    German Grand Prix. Won by Dick Seaman.

    L/S as they begin the race. Various shots as they speed around the course and people watch. M/S as British driver Dick Seaman comes in to refuel. Brauchitsch is already refuelling when his car catches fire. M/S as his mechanics pull him out of the car covered in flaming petrol, he puts himself out and his mechanics spray foam on the car. Seaman pulls away and Brauchitsch follows in his foam covered car, everyone applauds. Various shots of Seaman speeding around and coming in to win. C/U of Seaman with laurel wreath around his neck, the ribbon has a swastika on it.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    975.14
    Media URN:
    17790
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    28/07/1938
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:35:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:22:26:00 / 01:24:01:00
    Canister:
    38/60

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    Race was held on 24 July 1938.

    Dick Seaman's winning car was a Mercedes-Benz W154.

    "Brauchitsch" is Manfred von Brauchitsch.

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