RE: Video Report

Christie, Scott E. (Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com)
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:56:55 -0400


to see the entire film of "The Tiger Sharpens Its Claws" along with the introduction of the Alpine, the 1964 Geneva Rally, etc., order the video from Rick (at) SS - GREAT STUFF! Scott Christie

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> From: nicholsj(at)oakwood.org [SMTP:nicholsj(at)oakwood.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 11:55 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net; tigers(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Video Report
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> I received the Tiger at Lemans video yesterday and had no problem
> with the postal service as someone reported yesterday. All of the
> segments are short, about 1 or 2 minutes in length. The Tiger
> segment
> looks like a Rootes promotion video titled, "The Tiger Has Claws". It
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> shows the start of the race and different views of the cars zooming
> down the track. Marcus Chambers makes an appearance looking
> apprehensive about the whole thing.
> The best footage, after the Tiger, is the 1964 Sebring and 1930's
> grand prix film. Jim Clark is shown driving a Lotus Cortina with
> lots
> of body lean at Sebring and the scariest part is a shot of Paddy
> Hopkirk climbing out of an overturned Austin Healy with gas pouring
> out of the fuel tank. He was a lucky man to escape that instant
> barbecue! Grand Prix racing in the 1930's was incredible with cars
> racing through city streets with no guard rails and just a few hay
> bales here and there to offer minimal protection. Overall, the video
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> is well worth the $6.00.
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> Jeff
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