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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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George Eyston’s New Car - Built for Attack on World’s Land Speed Record

Date released

16 Sep 1937

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

388

NoS ID

056643

Story no

1 / 14

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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California Dreaming (1991 Video)

Producer

John Lynch

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at Los Angeles: a city built around the car with choking smoke and at the auto industry’s response: electric cars and convoys of self-driving cars. Also examines the changes that the city might have...

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Full Steam Ahead

Date released

25 Feb 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1447

NoS ID

021521

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Full Steam Ahead. DESCRIPTION: A horseless carriage built in 1887 is a Frenchman’s answer to the petrol shortage. SHOTLIST: Shots of men wheeling out the horseless carriage which has...

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Special Skins: Fast Car Paint

Date released

1977

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

203

NoS ID

325866

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: The handbuilt fibre-glass Lotus car which survives all attemps at its destruction in the new James Bond film is extremely tough in real life too. That toughness comes from a reversal of normal...

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By Car on the Briny

Date released

23 May 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

442

NoS ID

033875

Story no

3 / 7

German inventor tests land-and-water auto, built to cross Channel.

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Saving Space in ‘Brum’

Date released

20 Apr 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1820

NoS ID

025508

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Saving Space in ‘Brum’. DESCRIPTION: Birmingham Corporation has just begun a unique experiment in car parking. Consisting of 3 ramps or arches, it is built in such a way that they...

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Leslie Mitchell & Alan Howland Conduct the News & Sports Pageant of Movietone: John Cobb’s Unique Car to Attack World Record

Date released

11 Apr 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

462

NoS ID

008694

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cobb’s New Car. SHOTLIST: General shots of John Cobb’s new car which has been built for his attempt on the World’s Land Speed Record. John Cobb himself, explains the car.

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Just a Reminder...

Date released

14 Oct 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2054

NoS ID

027589

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Just a Reminder. DESCRIPTION: A new custom-built Ford, on show in London reminds us to remind you not to miss our Colour presentation of the Rare Ones from the Motor Show in our next...

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Sanctuary

Date released

3 Apr 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1974

NoS ID

026832

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sanctuary. DESCRIPTION: At Brixham, in Devon, the first Church in Britain built with a car park on the roof. SHOTLIST: Key shot. GV Brixham, looking across harbour at town. CU sign...

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