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The race on film
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Complete edited footage.
Some more footage of drivers signing in prior to the race and interviews.
Some footage of drivers signing in prior to the race.
Driver's briefing by David Adamson.
Various footage from before the race start, and some footage of the start of the race from the air.
Footage of some teams being interviewed at the race start and leaving the start location in Diggers Rest.
0:00 Holden Monaro (Reinisch/Revay/Hagan)
2:54 Porsche 356 (Gregory/Tworowsky)
4:51 Holden VC Commodore (Csaszar/Morton)
5:31 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger (R Paterno/A Paterno)
6:30 Holden VH Commodore (Kent/Langshaw)
7:30 Ford XE Fairmont (French/Fernance/Fraser)
7:53 Holden VH Commodore (Cincotta/Nolan)
8:05 Ford Capri (Callaghan/Cohen)
9:14 Ford XB Falcon GT (Hollier/Bailey)
9:42 Ford ZF Fairlane (Dickinson/Mehes/Razums)
11:36 Chrysler Charger (Squires/Wilcox)
12:18 Holden HX One Tonner (Kovacs/Walsh)
14:07 Holden VK Commodore (Calder/Rosenthal/Tolano)
14:15 Ford FC LTD (Westbury/Krant/Mcmullen)
15:40 Holden (Aloi/Cailleri)
15:46 Ford XR Falcon (Swan/Dey)
17:23 Ford XB falcon GT (Stevenson/Colangelo)
17:56 Holden HQ Monaro (I Saarelaht/H Saarelaht/Seeberg)
18:12 Mazda 626 (Jacobson/Flanigan)
Some footage of the film crew following the Victorian Police, including several teams being pulled over.
Footage from South Australia including the breakdown of the Ford FC LTD (Westbury/Krant/Mcmullen) and the first checkpoint.
Footage from the first checkpoint (Berri, South Australia) of the Holden HDT VC Commodore driven by Ray Ellis and Jim Maude.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at various speeds so has been adjusted.
Some footage of the Porsche 356 B Super 90 driven by John Gregory and Axel Tworowsky being driven around somewhere in South Australia during the race.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
A few clips of the Holden LJ Torana entered by Ken Hourigan and Philip Hourigan.
The first fuel stop during the 1984 Australian Cannonball Cup for the Ford XR Falcon (Swan/Dey).
An interview with a truck driver who was was on the road at the same time as some teams.
An interview with a worker at a service station where some teams refuelled.
An interview and footage relating to a Chrysler Valiant Charger (Squires/Wilcox) that was taken off the road at Balladonia, Western Australia.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
An interview with a motorist who was involved in a near miss with a competitor.
Team interviews at the second checkpoint, in Albany, Western Australia.
0:00 Holden VH Commodore (Buchan/Penley)
3:00 Holden VK Commodore (Collins/Harvey/Ogilvie)
4:32 Ford ZF Fairlane (Reid/Pollit/Ohlin)
5:32 Ford XB Falcon (Haw/Fielding/Haire)
6:54 Ford P5 LTD (Hansen/Sieger)
7:20 (not part of the race)
7:28 Mazda 626 (Jacobson/Flanigan)
9:24 Ford Capri (Cohen/Callaghan)
12:43 Holden (Aloi/Camilleri)
14:26 Ford XE Fairmont (French/Fernance/Fraser)
17:48 Chrysler Valiant Charger (Martin/Williams/Shanahan)
19:08 Holden VH Commodore (Langshaw/Kent)
20:37 Holden Monaro (Reinisch/Revay/Hagan)
22:39 Holden LJ Torana (K Hourigan/P Hourigan)
23:50 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger (R Paterno/A Paterno)
25:22 Holden VK Commodore (Calder/Rosenthal/Tolano)
29:13 Ford XE Falcon (Pearce/?/Colton)
30:43 Holden LH Torana (G Mulcahy/P Mulcahy/B Mulcahy)
32:26 Holden HQ Monaro (I Saarelaht/H Saarelaht/Seeberg)
33:50 Ford XY Falcon (Brown/Dean)
35:31 Ford XR Falcon (Swan/Dey)
36:09 Porsche 356 (Gregory/Tworowsky)
Graeme "Shirley" Strachan interviews some of the drivers at the post-race dinner.
0:00 John Gregory (Porsche 356)
3:16 Peter Pearce (Ford XE Falcon) and Andre Razums (Ford ZF Fairlane)
5:23 Rick Illes (Ford XR Falcon)
6:07 Ron Reid (Ford ZF Fairlane)
7:24 Rick Wilcox (Chrysler Valiant Charger)
12:01 Kurt Seeberg (Holden HQ Monaro)
15:04 Neville French/Jim Fernance/Simon Fraser (Ford XE Fairmont)
17:01 Ron Flanigan and Warrick Jacobson (Mazda 626)
18:40 Unknown
Speeches by organiser David Adamson and fastest team, Charlie Kovacs and Len Walsh, at the post-race dinner.
Introduction by Graeme "Shirley" Strachan.
Additional interview of Charlie Kovacs and Len Walsh by Shirley Strachan.
After the race was over, the film crew did some filming of some of the cars around Perth.
The cars were the Holden HX One Tonner of Charlie Kovacs and Len Walsh, the Holden VC Commodore of Andrew Csaszar and Russell Morton, the Ford ZF Fairlaine of Andre Razums, Lance Dickinson and Steve Mehes, a Holden Torana (drivers not yet identified), and a Holden Kingswood (Dale/Fraser/G Ellis).
Some footage taken after the race around Perth of the supercharged Ford ZF Fairlane driven by Andre Razums, Lance Dickinson and Steve Mehes.
Note that most of this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
Some footage taken after the race around Perth of the Ford Capri V6 driven by Graham Callaghan and Leigh Cohen.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
Some footage taken after the race around Perth of the Holden HX One Tonner (six wheeler) driven by Charlie Kovacs and Len Walsh.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
Some footage taken after the race around Perth of a Holden Kingswood wagon (Dale/A Fraser/G Ellis).
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.
Some footage taken after the race around Perth of the Holden VC Commodore driven by Andrew Csaszar and Russell Morton.
Note that this footage was originally recorded at high speed so has been slowed down.