Matchbox Cars

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

16

Date Released

Jan 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fashion Model School
2. 2Sandhurst Passing Out Parade
3. 3New Army Vehicles
4. 4Matchbox Cars
5. 5Britax Safety Belt Testing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: The production of ‘matchbox cars’ - 2-inch replicas of current and vintage cars.

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story appeared in ‘Roundabout No. 61’

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Toys and models

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 53 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/16

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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