Found this today!!!
http://www.users.bigpond.com/kdelarue/nsn_race.htm
"T.R. Householder" wrote:
> This is a black and white anti-nuclear war film from the late 50's
> staring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Tony Perkins, and Fred Astaire. The
> tape is 2hrs 15 min. It is scheduled to broadcast on AMC this month.
> (Jan 15 at 8:00 AM, and Jan. 29 at 1:00 AM). In the last 15 min. of the
> movie is a great race scene. It features a Ferrari driven by Astaire. A
> lot of the clip is a backdrop inserted race from the Riverside track in
> Calif. Some on site stuff at a track in Australia Lots of lbc cars. The
> TR2 you can catch if you stop frame through it. There is a great 100/6
> Healey crash and a Nash Healey crash and burn. A "T" series MG does some
> fancy off the track on again stuff, and a 140 series Jag coupe does a
> multi roll over. Lots of old big money cars in the clip too. If you
> watch closely over Freds shoulder you'll see quite a lot of a Doretti.
> For my entertainment I'd tape it and fast forward to the race scene. The
> movie is really slow. For those who don't have the AMC access the
> Library is a good place to find it.
>
> Some on pas this on to the Jag and MG folks.
>
> T.R.
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