The Open Road

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1328A

Date Released

18 Nov 1954

Date submitted

15 Nov 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Film Performance
2. 2News in Brief: Queen Mother’s Tour
3. 3News in Brief: Jewish Remembrance
4. 4The Open Road
5. 5The Open Road
6. 6Wolves V Spartak
7. *Great Britain V France - Rugby League

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Veteran Car Run. DESCRIPTION: THE OLD - A record entry of two hundred and twenty three cars took part in the Brighton run. The oldest of the veteran cars was a Danish Hammel, built in 1886. SHOTLIST: GV of the crowd in Hyde Park. CU of a man adjusting his car. CU of a headlamp quivering. GV of a car and its crew. The oldest car, a Hammel starting. Steam car starting. Shots on the road. GV of the traffic with veteran cars going by. Cars arriving at Brighton. Crowd looking down onto the sea front. CU of Dr Clayburne and his car.

Keywords

Vehicles; History and archaeology

Locations

London; Brighton

Card file number

62267

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Soundman

Reginald C. Sutton

Commentator

Reginald C. Sutton

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

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