In this movie (and book) the world is about to end from nuclear fallout, so a last race was staged.
A commenter says this was filmed at Riverside.
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End of the world race from 'On The Beach' movie 1959
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 09:51 AM
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 11:39 AM
Pretty good for a staged race. They busted up a bunch of valuable cars.
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 11:45 AM
When I see old movies that wreck plenty of "vintage" cars, it's obvious they didn't feel they were valuable back then - most likely because they were plentiful at that time.
Unlike today, they are able to make replicas.
Thanks for sharing that video Bill!
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 12:08 PM
Great book and movie.
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 12:36 PM
Pretty good for a staged race. They busted up a bunch of valuable cars.
Yes, it was hard to watch that 356 roll over off the turn.
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 12:38 PM
In this movie (and book) the world is about to end from nuclear fallout, so a last race was staged.
A commenter says this was filmed at Riverside.
Cheers
it definitely looks like Riverside. I noticed a car spin in what looked like turn 9 which is just before the long straight.
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 12:43 PM
When the winning driver smiled at the end, it reminded me of Stan Laurel (of Laurel & Hardy).
Thinking that was unlikely, I looked it up and discovered it was Fred Astaire. I would have preferred Stan. 
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Posted 08 October 2020 - 11:39 PM
Fred Astaire was at his best as Alistair Mundy.
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Posted 09 October 2020 - 09:42 PM
When I first saw the movie I wondered where they got the fuel for the auto races. I just recently finished reading the book and they kind of explain it but not really by saying nobody knows where the racing clubs get their petrol from.
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Posted 10 October 2020 - 12:05 PM
The race was filmed at both Riverside and on the Phillip Island race circuit in Melbourne Australia..
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