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DOUG: When Jack first came to the UK in 1955
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Brabham

When Jack first cameto the UK in 1955, he kissed his wife goodbye and his child goodbye,...

DOUG: When Jack first came
to the UK in 1955, he kissed his wife goodbye and his child goodbye, and found himself surrounded by,
really, a fast-developing hotbed of motor-racing development

Full Transcript

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DOUG: When Jack first came to the UK in 1955,
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he kissed his wife goodbye
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and his child goodbye,
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and found himself surrounded by, really, a fast-developing hotbed
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of motor-racing development.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:33
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
Aurora Films (AU)

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Movie Summary

The tale of a racing dynasty and the price of immortality, BRABHAM reveals the forgotten godfather of modern Formula 1 - Jack Brabham, and a son's quest to defy the odds in the competitive world of international motor-sport once m...
DOUG: British motor racing had been nowhere before the war. - Brabham 00:05
DOUG: British motor racing had been nowhere before the war.
DOUG: Conditions were so bad - Brabham 00:10
DOUG: Conditions were so bad
And a number of people just got so fed up - Brabham 00:08
And a number of people just got so fed up
[CROWD CHANTING] - Brabham 00:05
[CROWD CHANTING]
Let’s go motor racing and have some fun.” - Brabham 00:18
Let’s go motor racing and have some fun.”
NARRATOR: En route to England, Jack made the pilgrimage - Brabham 00:05
NARRATOR: En route to England, Jack made the pilgrimage
He knew he probably appeared to them like a chancer - Brabham 00:10
He knew he probably appeared to them like a chancer
I rang him up after Silverstone - Brabham 00:04
I rang him up after Silverstone
[LAUGHTER] - Brabham 00:04
[LAUGHTER]
In his first year in England, he secured a seat - Brabham 00:07
In his first year in England, he secured a seat
GRAYSON: I mean, when we look at sport, - Brabham 00:07
GRAYSON: I mean, when we look at sport,
We want to see a crash - Brabham 00:07
We want to see a crash
We can enjoy it, you know, we want to rubberneck it - Brabham 00:06
We can enjoy it, you know, we want to rubberneck it
NARRATOR: Jack then took Betty to - Brabham 00:05
NARRATOR: Jack then took Betty to
ANNOUNCER: Stirling Moss, in a Mercedes, - Brabham 00:06
ANNOUNCER: Stirling Moss, in a Mercedes,
NARRATOR: He’d only been in the UK for six months - Brabham 00:07
NARRATOR: He’d only been in the UK for six months
NARRATOR: He and his co-driver, - Brabham 00:05
NARRATOR: He and his co-driver,
His co-driver won the toss and was incinerated - Brabham 00:06
His co-driver won the toss and was incinerated
As one who is finishing a long journey stills the motor, - Brabham 00:12
As one who is finishing a long journey stills the motor,
This Is Your Life has flown in John Cooper - Brabham 00:04
This Is Your Life has flown in John Cooper