Mini-Cars on Show

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1577A

Date Released

27 Aug 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Soccer Starts
2. 2Training for the Channel
3. 3Mini-Cars on Show
4. 4Kariba Dam Report
5. 5Rockefeller Wedding
6. 6The Princess in Australia
7. *Edinburgh Festival

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mini-Cars on Show. DESCRIPTION: The British Motor Corporation’s Mini-Minor. The 850 cc engine is mounted across the car, in both versions of this newcomer. In fact there’s hardly any difference between Morris and Austin Minis. The cost of round about five-hundred is mentioned. Performance is said to include a top-speed of seventy miles an hour, and should cruise at fifty-five miles to the gallon. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS group of cars. MS small car. CU engine (4). FS two cars (2). MS car boot. CU woman at steering wheel. Interior shot of car (2). LS cars racing downhill. Panning shots - cars racing (2). LS to CU mini-car climbs hill.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment; Business and commerce; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

England; Surrey

Card file number

77968

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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