Rally of 1000 Lakes Finland European Automobile Race 53744 (1968)

Synopsis

The rally competition now known as Rally Finland, an annual race held in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland, is the focus of this 1968 color documentary produced by Castrol. Titled “The Flying Finns,” it features the 1968 1000 Lakes Rally and is concentrated on documenting the duel between Timo Makinen and Hannu Mikkola. The film opens with race crews, including those for rally driver Timo Salonen, expecting their vehicles and interviews with drivers describing the wide and smooth gravel roads on which they travel (mark 00:30 ). Mark 01:34 offers the viewer a look from within a race car to see the rally from a driver’s point of view as seven-time winner Mikkola skillfully makes speeds down the road, followed by a similar demonstration by fellow driver Makinen (mark 03:30 ) who explains his various maneuvers. The opening of the 1968 competition is captured beginning at mark 05:50 as night begins to close in by mark 08:20. The narrator rattles off the names of various racers as they speed past and offers race commentary along the way. With his car sidelined, driver Simo Lampinen is shown playing with his child behind the real of his race car at mark 19:20, but for the other drivers the race continues and crowds gather at the finish line (mark 21:53 ) as Mikkola and his Ford Escort TC take top honors. Rally Finland (formally known as the Neste Rally Finland and formerly known as the Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; Finnish: Suomen…

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Running time

23 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage