More specifically it sounds as though the footage came from the film
"Special Section".
Russ
(starting to scare myself)
----- Original Message -----
From: <RootesRooter@aol.com <mailto:RootesRooter@aol.com>>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net <mailto:alpines@autox.team.net>>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: Speedchannel
> The reason for all the prominent Rootes cars is that the footage came from
a
> film shot for Rootes. From the late 40s thru early 70s there were I think
at
> least 30 such films made. They were packaged into 1/2 hour formats and,
from
> what I've read, sometimes were shown on BBC during rain delays in cricket
> matches.
> The same filmmakers also filmed these shows for rival companies. There's
at
> least one race ('65 Alpine Rallye?), with one show packaged for Rootes,
one
> for Triumph, with very different story lines and (mostly) different
footage.
>
> Dick Sanders
> Seattle
>
>
> In a message dated 2/14/02 7:47:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mark@ciansystems.com <mailto:mark@ciansystems.com> writes:
>
> << Speaking of this channel, last night they showed the 1965 Monte Carlo
with
> two
> Rootes works Tigers and two Imps. The entire show could have been titled
"a
> tribute to the Rootes Group" as the cars were so prominently featured. The
> Porsche 904 was virtually ignored in favor of two Irish ladies driving an
> Imp.
> Much of the show consisted of an un-narrated "ride" in one of the Tigers
> somehow filmed from just aft of the driver in the center of the back seat.
As
> the entire hill climb took something like 7 minutes, they must have showed
> half of the climb uncut in real-time with accompanying sound. I did notice
> that one of the Tigers did not seem to have a gauge directly above the
wheel
> in the 12 O'clock position. There was a panel of switches located just
below
> the center of the dash and some camera or ralley equipment located on the
> passanger side that occasionally flashe into view. Overall, it was nice to
> see
> a show that acknowledged Sunbeam and its contributions and, had a bit to
say
> about Chrysler crushing the Tiger program. Very entertaining and a welcome
> balance to the new NASCAR heavy format. >>
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