1950's Race Track - Where is this ?

[threespires]

1950's Race Track - Where is this ?

I've found this short cine film showing a race somewhere in England.
Can anybody ID the venue ?

Start Line :-


Start Line - Race 1950ish Where is it by Rally Pix, on Flickr

Opposide the Start Line :-


Race Track 1950ish - where by Rally Pix, on Flickr

Approaching Start Line


Jowett Jupiter - Race 1950ish Where is it by Rally Pix, on Flickr

YouTube
http://youtu.be/FiJOQjm_oNk

Edited by threespires on Thursday 10th March 19:18

[mybrainhurts]

Rufforth...?

[NotNormal]

Castle Coombe maybe?

[Roy C]

Tricky. No real landmarks, but appears to be a disused airfield.
Try TNF, that's where the real history boys live.

[williamp]

Very hard. There were hundreds of disused airfields after the war, many of them staged unofficial sprints or official races before returning back to farming.

There is a book out about the old racing circuits whose name I have forgotten. You might want to search, then contact the author for any ideas

[austin]

It looks like some of the cars at the start are Austin 7s, have you out the film up anywhere? Would love to see it.

[threespires]

austin said:

It looks like some of the cars at the start are Austin 7s, have you out the film up anywhere? Would love to see it.

Sorry, I don't - yet. But there are some great short film clips. 1938 Donnington GP & some Monte Carlo Rally in 50 / 51 and Tulip Rally at Zandvoort. Mostly colour, I need some video software to extract the film clips, can you recommend a good product ?

[austin]

threespires said:

Sorry, I don't - yet. But there are some great short film clips. 1938 Donnington GP & some Monte Carlo Rally in 50 / 51 and Tulip Rally at Zandvoort. Mostly colour, I need some video software to extract the film clips, can you recommend a good product ?

What format are the videos in at the the moment? Once digital I would try using iMovie or similar but then I am Mac based.

[threespires]

Roy C said:

Tricky. No real landmarks, but appears to be a disused airfield.
Try TNF, that's where the real history boys live.

I jogged in & tried that, but it tells me that I don't have permission to start a topic on the forum.

Any idea why ?

[Roy C]

threespires said:

Roy C said:

Tricky. No real landmarks, but appears to be a disused airfield.
Try TNF, that's where the real history boys live.

I jogged in & tried that, but it tells me that I don't have permission to start a topic on the forum.

Any idea why ?

Like PH (and most forums), you need to register.

[threespires]

austin said:

What format are the videos in at the the moment? Once digital I would try using iMovie or similar but then I am Mac based.

PC here - the films are restored & digitised.
Ta

[threespires]

Roy C said:

Like PH (and most forums), you need to register.

I've fixed it now - glitch in the system - thanks.

Edited by threespires on Wednesday 9th March 11:29

[austin]

threespires said:

PC here - the films are restored & digitised.
Ta

Upload to youtube?

[threespires]

austin said:

Upload to youtube?

That's my intention. I need software to edit the video, hope to get this really soon as there are some great motorsport clips from the '30's & '50's that I'd like to share.

[davepoth]

threespires said:

That's my intention. I need software to edit the video, hope to get this really soon as there are some great motorsport clips from the '30's & '50's that I'd like to share.

Windows Movie Maker can chop video about, and it's free if you're running windows.

[threespires]

davepoth said:

Windows Movie Maker can chop video about, and it's free if you're running windows.

Thanks Dave - I'll fire it up !

[threespires]

davepoth said:

Windows Movie Maker can chop video about, and it's free if you're running windows.

Thanks for your advice Dave. I fired up Windows Movie Maker & it seems different to what I remember. Anyway, I found it a doddle to use and extracted this video. I got myself a YouTube account so there'll be no stopping me now.

Ta for your help.

Any more suggestions as to where this is ?

Personally, I think it's Silverstone, but could be wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiJOQjm_oNk