Vintage car museum

Series

Series Name

Astra Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

7

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pylon men
2. 2Vintage car museum
3. 3Flying Officer Alligator
4. 4Woman racing driver enters show business

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 8/13/56 OLD MOTOR CAR RALLY AT BEAULIEU ABBEY. (Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire.) MS Old motor car limousine type passing camera as it passes camera and goes into the abbey. MS Old Motor cycles passing camera. MS Very ancient old Ford car chugging past camera which pans with it. MS Very ancient old two seater car chugging along behind camera car. MS Old two seater car approaching Beaulieu Abbey. MS Entrance of Beaulieu Abbey the old car goes up to gate and stops. CU Driver of the old car showing his pass to the door keeper, who takes his particulars and waves him in, we pan to another old car entering and the doorkeeper examines the driver’s pass. MS Interior of Beaulieu Abbey grounds, showing a long row of very old cars. MS Ancient motor car being backed into position. & CU MS A row of very ancient motor cycles being smartened up for the show. CU one of the motor cycle lamps being polished. MS A man adjusting the rubber belt drive on his motor cycle. CU Showing the belt being adjusted. CU Radiator of an old Ford with a lot of badges in the background - an old gentleman comes into picture and peers at the badges CU Showing lamp and hooter of the old car. MS Two men bending over the engine of their car. CU Old gentleman with hearing aid bending over an engine - pan down to show the engine which has 1901 on the radiator on the petrol tank (this is a motor cycle.) MS Very old coupe type of car being driven into position. BCU Steering wheel which is shaking - pan up to CU of Lord Montagu - he drives out of picture. MS Lord Montagu riding into position - he gets out of his car, walks round it and opens the radiator. MCU Lord Montagu - we pan off his face to show the motor car engine. MS of an old car being driven through the gardens. MS Motor cycle parade starts. MS Parade ground with the abbey in the background. An old car drives slowly across the screen L to R. (Eastman Neg.) BURNLEY. CAPTAIN CECIL"

Keywords

Vehicles; History and archaeology

Footage sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial   Issue No.80

Length of story (in feet)

217

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Film Archive

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