An amateur film made by Betty Cook of the Cleveland Cine Club of the RAC Scottish Irn Bru Rally of 1973 taking place around the town of Avimore in the Cairngorms, Scotland. The race features a number of international drivers including female driver Rosemary Smith. Roger Clark entered by ‘The Scotsman’ wins the race from Hannu Mikkola. Title: Movie Maker. The Best Three Star Rating. The film begins with a rally car speeding past a road sign that reads 'Control Ahead'. A large...

An amateur film made by Betty Cook of the Cleveland Cine Club of the RAC Scottish Irn Bru Rally of 1973 taking place around the town of Avimore in the Cairngorms, Scotland. The race features a number of international drivers including female driver Rosemary Smith. Roger Clark entered by ‘The Scotsman’ wins the race from Hannu Mikkola. Title: Movie Maker. The Best Three Star Rating. The film begins with a rally car speeding past a road sign that reads 'Control Ahead'. A large number of rally cars are parked up before the start of the race. On the side of one of the rally cars is a drawing of the cartoon character Snoopy wearing goggles and leather cap. Underneath is written ‘The Snoopy’. A television film crew records the event. Beside a lorry, a number of men in overalls work to prepare racing tyres. Shots follow of a car engine and inside one of the vehicles. On the side of a white car, a man attaches a sticker for the number 61. The race gets underway and views from around the course of cars travelling through a wooded area at speed follow. Back at the start of the race, a small crowd stands behind a driver as he looks over his engine with a mechanic. A second man sits in the passenger seat. Rosemary Smith stands talking with an older man and a group of men chat together. An orange Ford Cortina drives past. It has a damaged front bumper. A sticker on the side of the car reads 'Lievesley'. General views of support vehicles and crowds walking about. A large road sign reads 'Avimore Centre'.  A number of rally cars, including the damaged orange Ford Cortina, drive slowly under a large banner hanging over the road which reads 'International Scottish Rally'. They pass the 'Avimore Centre' sign. At the start line an official writes details from each of the cars as they leave. On a dirt track a blue and white Ford Cortina with the number '1' on the door comes to a stop beside a post before speeding off again. A driver begins to change the flat tyre on his car that has the number '2' printed on the passenger door. He gets back into his car and drives off. A man appears to be recording the sound of the car as it drives away. At a checkpoint a number of cars are filmed speeding off after checking in with an official. A man with a film camera records the event as cars speed past along wooded tracks. At another check-point cars are sent on their way by an official with a stop watch. Back at Avimore a large crowd stand around an RAC caravan chatting. On a table is a large is clock. A bagpipe player in full dress-costume begins to play as the number '2' Ford Cortina pulls up to a stop. A large crowd including film crews stand over the car speaking with the winning driver, Roger Clark and his navigator Jim Porter. Now out of the car, they both speak with an official as the crowds surround them Other cars begin to arrive back in Avimore and their times are recorded from the large clock on the table. They give an autograph to a young boy.  A sticker on the side of one of the cars reads 'Eat Fish - Live Longer. Eat Oysters - Love Longer'. The woman seen previously signs autographs. Another bumper sticker on a different car reads ''Just Past by Gonzales'. An RAC flag flies from a pole. Beside two new cars, Roger Clark, now dressed in a suit, shakes hands with a sponsor of the rally. On the bonnet of a Morris Marina is a bottle of champagne and a brown leather bag. Crowds look around the two cars and Jim Porter holds up the bottle of champagne for the camera smiling. The film ends with him getting into the Morris Marina and driving away. Title: The end