A Car Novelty

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

488

Date Released

9 Oct 1930

Length of issue (in feet)

906

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A women "Manned" fire brigade!
2. 2The Lad and the Lass
3. 3The Flair for the Flare. A new Pathecolor Mode.
4. 4Twinkles from "Follow a Star" the new musical comedy, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
5. 5A Car Novelty
6. 6Babyland at the Zoo

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - A car which has its engine in the back.
NoS synopsis: "Just a car - just like any other - (apparently.)" L/S of car driving towards the camera along a suburban street, then driving past. The car has a woman driver and looks quite ordinary. The car pulls up to the pavement and the woman gets out and goes around to the back. "But watch this -" She lifts the lid of a box on the back and moves the spare wheel to reveal the engine. C/U of the engine. Woman fiddles around with the engine. "The luggage has other resting places -" M/S of the woman unloading small suitcases from the front of the car, in front of the passenger seat. She then gets more luggage out from behind the back seat. She then closes the "boot" and puts the wheel back in place. She gets into the car and drives off.

Keywords

Motor vehicles

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.197
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No. EP197
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

133

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Address

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Notes

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
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Notes

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