PERSONAL RECORD. MCLAREN, BRUCE. [PATS, BSA AT HUNTERS, WATER SKIING]

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Year
1965
Reference
F132056
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1965
Reference
F132056
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Categories
Amateur
Credits
Photography: Bruce McLaren

This amateur home movie was originally captured on 8mm colour film and may have been filmed in Australia .

A group at [the seaside] swim and water-ski.
A man rides a vintage motorcycle back and forth on a residential street while some children watch from the roadside, then Bruce rides the motorcycle.
Men water-ski on a [lake].
A Bardahl (sponsor) banner marks the start and finish line of a race track. A panning shot shows the race teams encampment, numerous cars are draped in protective canvas. A cream coloured van is labelled “BRUCE McLAREN MORRIS HALF-TON VAN By courtesy of THE DOMINION MOTORS LTD MORRIS MINI-COOPER”. Various race cars are filmed while parked on the grass and people socialise on the grounds. A light aircraft flies by towing a banner that reads “BRUCE USES ATLANTIC VITANE”.
Drivers stand in a group for [a race briefing]. A [factory car] race commences.