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Traffic Experiment

Date released

9 Jul 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/55

NoS ID

112664

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Safety on our roads. The Road Research Laboratory is fast coming up with the answers to this urgent problem.

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Road Research

Date released

11 Feb 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

111

NoS ID

120340

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Most men enjoy playing with model cars although often they don’t like to admit it, but scientists for example have a good excuse, for a variety of models are used in tests carried out by...

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Car Crash Test

Date released

28 Mar 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/26

NoS ID

113021

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

What happens when a vehicle stops too suddenly is the research problem at the Motor Industry Research Association’s new Vehicle Impact Laboratory. It’s now the most modern in the world and could help...

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Driverless Car

Date released

31 May 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2191

NoS ID

028866

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Driverless Car. DESCRIPTION: The mysterious driverless car under study at the Road Research Laboratory. Scientists say by the year 2000 everyone could be sitting back in their vehicles...

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No Hands

Date released

28 Jan 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

422

NoS ID

121333

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A car goes along a country road and the driver sits holding a newspaper with both hands and reading it as he races along. Dangerous driving? No, the safety-plans for tomorrow’s motoring...

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Research for Roads

Date released

27 Oct 1960

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

60/87

NoS ID

109421

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Spectacular skids enliven Government road-safety tests

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Traffic Jam Testing

Date released

Jun 1968

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

73

NoS ID

327858

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: Traffic problems investigated at Britain’s Road Research Laboratory.

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An Eye on Your Wheels

Date released

12 Jan 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1545

NoS ID

022802

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: An Eye on Your Wheels Vauxhall Motors. DESCRIPTION: Research engineers at a car factory are now using a television camera to help in their work. An aerial on the roof is connected to a...

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Road Research

Date released

24 May 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2190

NoS ID

028856

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road Research. DESCRIPTION: A look at the work being carried out by the Road Research Laboratory. The latest development in the Channel Tunnel project - computerised taxis for the...

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Speed and Safety

Date released

24 Sep 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1842A

NoS ID

025689

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed and Safety. DESCRIPTION: Stirling Moss was at Blackbushe to see a British Dragsters team competing against the Americans. Dragsters sprint cars, costing up to 8,000 pounds, are...

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