The fastest tyres on earth

Series

Series Name

This Is Britain

Issue

Issue No.

25

Date Released

1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The fastest tyres on earth
2. 2School For Signalmen
3. 3Plaster Plus

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: When John Cobb, Britain’s leading reacing motorist, set out to beat his own land speed record, he demanded tyres that could be guaranteed up to four hundred miles an hour. A British firm supplied them.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Motor vehicles

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /70 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Catalogue Of Films Available Overseas   1951, p.48

COI Reference

MI 533/25

Credits:

Sponsor

Board Of Trade

Production Co.

Merlin Films

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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