Supercars

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1002

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Supercars

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: This looks like being the year of the supercar in Britain - what with James Bond’s latest Lotus and the most expensive Rolls Royce ever. Lyndall Hobbs takes a look at these and also visits Panther - who have maybe the most glamorous, the fastest, and the raciest cars in Britain today.

Researcher Comments

Includes a brief extract from ITN’s film ‘Phantom Rolls Royce Car’ and from the trailer of United Artists’ film’The Spy Who Loves Me’.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Motor vehicles; Road transport

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1002

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Lyndall Hobbs

Cutter

Mike Willcox

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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