Curtis Bennett Rally 1951

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Summary

A road rally organised by the Civil Service Motoring Assocation that includes tests at the Post offfice Training School at Stone in Staffordshire.

Year:

1951

Duration:

0:10:30

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Amateur Film

Master format:

16mm

Description

The film begins with the competitors gathering outside the Cat and Fiddle pub near Buxton in Derbyshire which is used as a CSMA checkpoint for drivers arriving from the north. The motorists drive away. At a site at Stone in Staffordshire we then see a series of competitions for drivers of cars and riders of motorcycles including pillion riders balancing an egg on a spoon, picking up objects, bursting balloons and putting on extra layers of clothing against the clock.


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