UNITED KINGDOMl: MOTOR RACING Eight spectators killed in TT race tragedy (1936)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit On September 5, 1936, in wet conditions, local driver Jack Chambers lost control of his Riley beneath the railway bridge coming into Newtownards, and crashed into the crowd killing eight spectators and injuring forty others. Full Description: NORTHERN IRELAND: Ulster: Newtownards EXT Pan cars waiting start of race: Race officials; Drivers waiting: Cars pull out at start of race: Cars racing over the Ards road circuit. Pan left to wreckage of crashed Riley (No 31). Gen view injured people helped to waiting ambulances with nurses attending. Pan Long view race in progress. Black and White flag waved; Winners Freddie Dixon and Charlie Dobson with wreath Background: On September 5, 1936, in wet conditions, local driver Jack Chambers lost control of his Riley beneath the railway bridge coming into Newtownards, and crashed into the crowd killing eight spectators and injuring