Appointment at Penha (1977)

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1977
  • Asset ID: 803444
  • Synopsis: A documentary film of a rally taking place at Penha, with Ford, Fiat and Toyota competing against each other, the rally taking place over a number of days and nights, with narration VOs
  • Shotlist: 00:01:16 Caption overlay 'Appointment at Penha, A Castrol Film' GVs North Portugal, Penha country side, bells ringing. 00:00:55 MS of the church, Caption overlay 'Rally de Portugal 1977' camera focusing on a yellow kited out car speeding up the road with no.8 displayed 00:01:48 CU of the car as it races past. 00:02:08 GVs of another car racing past, with clips of both cars moving along the race 00:02:36 CU of the white racing car's tyres 00:02:39 GVs of cars moving across a dirt track 00:03:10 CU of statues, camera panning out and across the landscape to the - autodromo do estoril, showing GVs of the ground 00:03:27 camera panning down a high building, to reveal a man dressed in a with lab coat, standing in front of a white van with Castrol logo displayed 00:03:20 title - Hannu Mikkola, a MCU of the Toyota representative standing in front of a white Castrol van being interviewed, cutting to Ove Andersson before then going back to Hannu Mikkola, the subject of the intrvw is the race about to take place 00:03:27 MCU GVs of interviews with Ari Vatanen, Jim Porter, Markku Alen as well as others unnamed talking about the race (the camera cutting back and forth between the candidates 00:05:32 GVs race commencing. Fiat, Ford cars in action. 00:07:15 Ford car coming to a stop to undergo checks before, continuing the race - the camera man interviewing the mechanics as to what the problems, their fixing are. 00:08:20 GVs Nighttime, interview with Ford car co-driver 'Peter' or Vatanen they take a pit stop break. 00:09:26 GVs Northern Portugal (could be 'Povoa De Varzim Coracao Da Costa Verde'), woman walks with bull. Slow mo of race. GVs race drivers getting ready for the next section. 00:11:14 GVs of a car moving in the dark, visible only by its headlights and mechanics checking and fixing vehicles before they then head off to join the race, with intrvws of participants. 00:14:52 MS of a church bell, being rang. WS of a rural village and in the far distance camera focuses in on a ford mustang or fiat. GVs of race continue. 00:18:39 WS Light-aircraft flying. 00:18:53 WS of the moon at nightfall, camera panning out to reveal the surrounding. 00:19:06 MS GVs of the participants of the race being interviewed by the camera man about their progress in the race, mechanics at work - with narration VO about the event in the background at times. 00:21:05 Daylight - MS of two flags blowing in the air with GVS of the location, racing cars arriving and spectators of the event, with VO narration in the background and interviews with the drivers/mechanics. 00:23:33 Nightfall - GVs Race and VO continues. MCU interviews of the drivers. 00:25:49 GVs of the finale of the race, Fiat taking the Loyals. 00:26:16 Credits - 'The co-operative of Automovel Club De Portugal and Salvador Caetano is gratefully acknowledged, Commentary written by Peter Newton, Editor Paul Sinclair, Castrol Executives Laurence Sultan, David Edelsten, Directed by Barrie Hinchliffe, A UNITED MOTION PICTURES Production'. 00:23:24 Castrol Logo. ENDS.
  • Production Company: United Motion Pictures Production
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  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None