Motoring News

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1589A

Date Released

19 Nov 1959

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motoring News. DESCRIPTION: This Air Car, seen at a demonstration in New York, evidently works on the same principle as Britain’s Hovercraft. Or would you rather travel by bath-tub? This is a cast iron 1927 model, with a small engine driving the front wheel. It’s devised by Kingston Technical College students to aid the British Cancer Campaign. Now, over to Australia: if you want to see motoring in the mud, here are 32 cars setting out to try to lap the course. SHOTLIST: LS air car. CU air car jet grills. CU driver. CU steering wheel. CU side vents of car. CU control panel. TS air car. Pan student in motorised bath. CU engine being started. Pan student moving off. Pan bath moving along road. Pan same. Student ‘scrubbing’ back. TS bath moving along road. Pan same. MS cars racing. MS cars in mud. LS same. LS car passing through mud. CU same. LS cars racing. LS cars passing through mud. Pan car racing. MS cars racing. LS cars in mud. CU driver pushing car. Pan - people pushing car.

Keywords

Sport; Students; Education and training; Vehicles; Motor racing; Environment; Curiosities; Aviation; Fundraising; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

United States of America; Australia; England

Footage sources

United States of America
Australia
Movietone

Card file number

78621

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

141

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