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Title: MG CAR CLUB SPRING RALLY; WEEKEND RALLY GYMKHANA AT TROSSACHS; RSAC SCOTTISH RALLY AT OBAN; CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE; MOORFOOT

Reference number: 6271

Date: 1959 - 1960

Director: [filmed by Douglas Mickel]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 17.51 mins

Description: Various MG Car Club activities 1958 - 1960. Including a Spring Rally at Powfoulis, weekend rally at Trossachs, RSAC Scottish Rally at Oban, a Concours d'Elegance at Donaldson's School, Edinburgh and a rally at Moorfoot. The final section features a Spring Rally, a newcomer's rally and a Gymkhana at Elie, all in 1960.

See also HOMEBUILDERS: Mactaggart and Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry ed. Miles Glendinning and Diane Watters, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1999.

Shotlist: [Shotlisted from Betacam SP 600, manual control track]

(0.00) filmed by D W Mickel March 1959 MG Car Club Spring Rally starts from Powfoulis cars drive along road, stop suddenly various manoeuvres and tests in grounds of Powfoulis Hotel (0.52) moving shot from moving car approach and crossing Kincardine Bridge (1.00) May 1959 MG Car Club Weekend Rally Gymkhana at Trossachs gvs same in grounds of Trossachs Hotel games, sack racing etc - men inspect engine, more gvs games (3.54) May 1959 RSAC Scottish Rally at Oban arrivals, gvs car test manoeuvres, Marjorie Mickel takes notes, judges (6.36) as seen from moving car along road as approaches Oban, MacCaig's Folly in distance (6.53) gvs bay and harbour, seafront - cars are guided up road, shot of Marjorie enjoying picnic, lemonade (7.40) c/u 'Festival Concours d'Elegance organized by the Royal Scottish Automobile Club Donaldson's School, Edinburgh. 2.30 Saturday August 29' gvs same parade of cars and people elegantly dressed etc The End -blank- (10.39) MG Car Club Moorfoot Rally 1959 cars depart from the Black Barony Hotel; gvs car rally and hill climbs in muddy condition on Moorfoot Hills (12.11) Bonus Hill gvs car going up muddy hill as far as humanely possible! - Where's the Hill? (12.42) AT THE N.B. JAN 1960 [b&w] prizegiving at the North British Hotel, games, car games 'Scalextric' with chrome track? (14.12) SPRING RALLY 1960 [col] manoeuvres (15.38) NEWCOMER'S RALLY 1960 [May] gvs cars driving (16.21) ELIE May 1960 gvs beach - GYMKHANA AT ELIE [light in camera, flashes] games with cars croquet musical cars - The End (17.51)