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Scenes of Tasman Series, Pukekohe, 11 Jan 1964. Views of mechanics working on racing car ‘4’ [Brabham’s car]. Shots of cars ‘17& 2’ and people working on them. Bruce McLaren testing his car. Shots of cars driving around track [trials]. Various drivers sitting in their cars during race preparation. Car down a small bank, driver stands in car while it is manoeuvred out. Shots of drivers and their cars in the pits including Frank Matich. Views of race. Cars in pits including numbers 17, 25. Group of three drivers standing together talking. Views of race. Car numbers 25, 3 in the pits. Group of people standing around, and sitting in, vehicle trailer drinking beer from bottles.
Locomotive coming towards camera with railway man walking alongside track. Aerial view of bay.
“The Tasman Series was a motor racing series held from 1964 to 1975, in Australia and New Zealand, and named after the Tasman Sea between the two countries. The Tasman Series races were held in January through to late February or early March of each year, during the Formula One off season, taking advantage of winter in the Northern hemisphere to attract many top drivers to summer in the south” - Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Series; retrieved 27/09/2016.