Grand Prix At Aintree (1955)

Unused / unissued material - Aintree, Liverpool, Merseyside. Motor racing Grand Prix is won by Stirling Moss and Juan Fangio in a Mercedes. CU Crowd watching. GV Crowd in stand. CU Hot weather attire. Stirling Moss in paddock. Unveiling Mercedes Benz car. CU Vanwell cars. MacAlpine’s “Connaught“ Wharton looks at Vanwell. Manager talking to Juan Fangio, Moss and Lance Macklin. Mike Hawthorn gets final instructions. Karl Kling and Moss - crowd shot. General view of start. Pan to long straight. Cars passing. Wharton, Vanwell, Pulls in with broken oil pipe. CU Working on Vanwell. Vanwell restarts. No 18. Pulls into pit with broken gas jet. No 20 pulls into pit and then starts off. Finish - Moss and Fangio. Presentation of Wreaths and Trophy by Mrs Topham. (Lav.) Old record suggests material dates from around 16/07/1955. 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.