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  1. An Appalling Smash. in a Recent Speed Test in the USA Our Cameraman Secured This Sensational Picture

    Date released
    6 Nov 1924
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1422
    NoS ID
    079880
    Story no
    3 / 5

    LV cars race along track. MLV track shot cars following camera. GV pan cars racing. LV 3 cars slide round bend. GV finish. [SUBTITLE]: THIS CAR SKIDDED ON THE MUD TRACK WHILST TRAVELLING AT 90 MPH: BOTH...

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  2. World’s First Turbo-Jet Car Speeds on Test

    Date released
    13 Mar 1950
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1986
    NoS ID
    042244
    Story no
    1 / 3

    Revolutionary car employing jet-turbine principle gives fine performance on Silverstone Race Track.

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  3. On New Lines, So No-Lines

    Date released
    23 Nov 1933
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    286
    NoS ID
    032958
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Railway without metals. Model of train which will run at 100 mph over wood track carries passenger on final test.

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  4. Pocket Car - 100 MPH

    Date released
    11 Apr 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    430
    NoS ID
    033810
    Story no
    1 / 7

    Microscopic motor invades track. Smallest racer in world (4 hp) hits big speed on first test run.

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  5. Wonder Car on Test

    Date released
    20 Jul 1933
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    250
    NoS ID
    032747
    Story no
    1 / 6

    Britain’s bid for track honours. Mr John Cobb’s 500 hp speedster built for assault on foreign held records, laps at 136 mph.

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  6. Lesson of the Watch

    Date released
    12 Sep 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    493
    NoS ID
    347817
    Story no
    4 / 5

    NoS synopsis: At the races - men check form, wind factor, state of the track etc. time test

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  7. Motor Industry Opens Research Test Track

    Date released
    27 May 1954
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2425
    NoS ID
    045009
    Story no
    2 / 9

    Built by entire motor industry, with government subsidy, new tracks and laboratory are opened by Minister of Transport.

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  8. Off the Beaten Track

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    20
    NoS ID
    349969
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI Summary - a heavy-duty cross-country vehicle under test Film User Summary - a remarkable cross-country vehicle with six-wheel drive and power-assisted steering. Shell synopsis: The second feature is...

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  9. Road Research Laboratory

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    644
    NoS ID
    328885
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Britain’s Road Research Laboratory is the largest in the world. It’s set in a 250 acre site in Berkshire which includes a three mile test track. Every aspect and problem of road transport...

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  10. London Line Goes To Cyprus

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    75
    NoS ID
    326174
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: The beautiful island in the Mediterranean was the venue for our reporter to test a race-track bred sports car, a new release from a stable that’s picked up a few wrinkles on the grand prix...

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