This is a black and white anti-nuclear war film from the late 50's
staring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Tony Perkins, and Fred Astaire. The
tape is 2hrs 15 min. It is scheduled to broadcast on AMC this month.
(Jan 15 at 8:00 AM, and Jan. 29 at 1:00 AM). In the last 15 min. of the
movie is a great race scene. It features a Ferrari driven by Astaire. A
lot of the clip is a backdrop inserted race from the Riverside track in
Calif. Some on site stuff at a track in Australia Lots of lbc cars. The
TR2 you can catch if you stop frame through it. There is a great 100/6
Healey crash and a Nash Healey crash and burn. A "T" series MG does some
fancy off the track on again stuff, and a 140 series Jag coupe does a
multi roll over. Lots of old big money cars in the clip too. If you
watch closely over Freds shoulder you'll see quite a lot of a Doretti.
For my entertainment I'd tape it and fast forward to the race scene. The
movie is really slow. For those who don't have the AMC access the
Library is a good place to find it.
Some on pas this on to the Jag and MG folks.
T.R.
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