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Winter ice racing from Austria and Germany. A series of races are shown featuring motor cycles, side cars, chariots and sports cars. Whatever the race, the freezing conditions test the skills of every competitor.

Excellent film showing the preparation and then running of the second Watkins Glen Grand Prix through the streets of this small upstate New York town in the late 1940s. The race is dominated by small British sports cars, although the main feature of the film is the extremely basic safety measures which mean that many
spectators are literally feet away from the speeding cars.

Brief highlights of a post-war stock car race in Atlanta, Georgia.

An outdoor model car race meeting in Long Island, New York, with the cars travelling at speeds of up to 100 mph.

The late Jean Behra wins the grand prix of France at Caen.

Popular American TV stars on the era ride around a packed Riverside racetrack in California before a 500 mile race. The race winner is American Dan Gurney who leads from the half way point onwards.

A major motor race at Trenton, New Jersey, in advance of the forthcoming 1966 Indianapolis 500 and featuring such racing legends as Roger Ward and Mario Andretti.

An entertaining newsreel showing a stock car race at the Brands Hatch race circuit in Kent. The oil barrels aside the track cause as much problems to the drivers as the other cars -creating mayhem all the way.

It's the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix and while Graham Hill, John Surtees and Jackie Stewart all fail to finish the race, Scotland's Jim Clark takes the checkered flag in one of his last victories before his tragic death.

Film of the preparation and then the actual race of the Indianapolis 500. Following the suspension of the race for a day due to heavy rain, AJ Foyt finally passes the line first -his third victory in seven years.

Jack Brabham, Graham Hill and Jim Clark are among the leading drivers at this year's Grand Prix of France, but the eventual race winner is Austrian Jochen Rindt.

Huge crowds pour into the Indianapolis Speedway for the first Indy 500 race of the postwar era. Despite the usual mishaps, there are no major accidents and the winner, George Robson, earns himself $33,000.

Great period footage of the leading drivers and ordinary stock cars competing at the Gilmore race track in Los Angeles, California.

Film showing preparation and testing for the 1965 Indianapolis 500. Includes leading drivers Roger Ward and AJ Foyt.

An onboard camera provides a race driver's eye view of the famous Riverside race track in California.

The "Flying Shingle" was the famous Ken Miles "American MG" race car which raced up and down the US west coast during the mid 1950s. This film shows the fully restored car exhibited at a sports car museum in Seattle.

All action off-road motor sport event from the British Army's Salisbury Plain training grounds which primarily features a range of modified Land Rovers, as well as other high performance vehicles tackling a challenging muddy course in difficult weather.