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Gas Turbine Car

Date released

17 Feb 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

582

NoS ID

121730

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The gas turbine car whistling its way round the Le Mans circuit may not be so remote from the saloon car of Mr and Mrs Tomorrow. Technicians at a Midlands car factory have made an exhaustive...

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Travel by Turbine

Date released

22 Oct 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1742

NoS ID

024845

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Travel By Turbine. DESCRIPTION: Talking of horsepower, you’ve never driven a car like this. It travelled right across America, powered by an experimental gas-turbine. There’s...

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The First Gas Turbine Car

Date released

13 Mar 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1084

NoS ID

016261

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gas Turbine Car. DESCRIPTION: At Silverstone, Northampton, the demonstration of the first gas turbine car which has been built by Rover’s. SHOTLIST: KS. Trucking shot of car. MS of...

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Revolution for the Road

Date released

19 Apr 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1715A

NoS ID

024596

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: T4 Gas Turbine Car. DESCRIPTION: Two surprises for the New York Motor Show, alongside the prototype (Jet I), made over 10 years ago, is Rover’s latest gas-turbine car. When it’s...

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Triumph for British Gas Turbine Car

Date released

30 Jun 1952

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1929

NoS ID

070023

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Turbine Goes for a Spin

Date released

24 Oct 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1794A

NoS ID

025298

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Turbine Goes for a Spin. DESCRIPTION: Sidelight on the Motor Show - a new car you can’t buy, although it will have toured 20 countries by early next year. It’s Chrysler’s Gas...

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans

Date released

20 Jun 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1776A

NoS ID

025143

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The 24 Hours of Le Mans. DESCRIPTION: There were 49 starters in this year’s Grand Prix d’Endurance, the only race of its kind in the world. And endurance it is, driving for 24...

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The Motor Show

Date released

18 Oct 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1428A

NoS ID

021262

Story no

3 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Motor Show. DESCRIPTION: Fashion on four wheels at Earls Court, and many cars to choose from. The show’s surprise was Rover’s Gas Turbine Car. SHOTLIST: GV of cars. Revolving...

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The Prince Inspects

Date released

20 Feb 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1498A

NoS ID

022227

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince Visits Rover Works. DESCRIPTION: Prince Philip toured the Rover Car Factory near Birmingham. It’s fitting that one of the oldest names in motor cars should be associated...

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Step on the Gas

Date released

7 Jan 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1857A

NoS ID

025821

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Various Propelled Cars. DESCRIPTION: With petrol costing around five shillings a gallon, Mr Harold Bates of Brixham in Devon has found a substitute. He has an apparatus in his workshop...

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