Austin Around Britain, Documentary, 1950-1964
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◊ 2015-05-21 00:04 |
![[Image: dvdcover.1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/dvdcover.1.jpg) Another Pathe DVD compilation of archive clips - this one trawling through their Austin collection. Five complete short films (about 10 minutes each): - Austin Festival Review (1951) - I Am A Car (1954) - Making The Most Of It (1956) - Return Journey (1957), and - The Incredible Seven (1961). Each of these will be entered as stand-alone films with their own pages. Plus 4 bonus short films (about 2 minutes each) from newsreels, the contents all included on this movie page: ![[Image: menuextras.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/menuextras.jpg) - Thatched Car (1950) here and here - entered as Extra1 in Episode box, - Baby Austin Grows Up (1955) here and here - entered as Extra2, - Rust In Peace (1963) here and here - entered as Extra3, and - Fire Engine Mascot (1964) here and here - entered as Extra4. Thatched Car (1950) has an even stranger sequel on Pathe as Thatched Car (1964) - bloke buys a 1949 Allard for £15 but could not afford the £40 for a replacement hood, so he thatched it .... ![[Image: allardovw625a.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/allardovw625a.jpg) ![[Image: allardovw625b.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/allardovw625b.jpg) ..... sometimes I am still amazed by the total stupidity of people. TC (1964) not on this DVD so sadly I can't justify a page for the Allard. Also sadly OVW 625 has disappeared - nothing on check sites and not recorded by owners club. Its owner probably decided to continue his creative efforts by replacing the steering wheel with a giant meringue and crashed it. Baby Austin Grows Up (1955) is a report on the Austin Golden Jubilee 50th Anniversary celebrations at Longbridge ![[Image: title.147.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/title.147.jpg) ... http://www.austinmemories.com/page166/page166.html has extra info and pictures. Rust In Peace (1963) is a report on scrap cars in Reading (and not really about Austin at all), and Fire Engine Mascot (1964) is set at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk when it was used as a USAF base. -- Last edit: 2015-05-22 00:10:09 |
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◊ 2015-05-21 14:19 |
Plane for impdb![[Image: plane.13.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/plane.13.jpg) from Fire Engine Mascot (1964), set at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk |
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◊ 2015-05-21 22:34 |
Bits from Rust In Peace (1963):![[Image: title.148.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/title.148.jpg) ![[Image: sign.4.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/sign.4.jpg) Scrappie photos - shout if anything interesting ![[Image: gen.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/gen.jpg) ![[Image: a40.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/a40.jpg) ![[Image: gen2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/gen2.jpg) ![[Image: gen3.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/gen3.jpg) Forecourt windscreens ![[Image: wscrn.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/wscrn.jpg) ![[Image: wscrn2.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/wscrn2.jpg) 50/- = £2.50, so in those days you could buy a car for the price now of a small jar of Marmite. 7/6d = £0.37 = about the cost today of a Mars Bar. |
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◊ 2015-05-21 23:47 |
Another from Rust In Peace![[Image: victor.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/victor.jpg) I gave it a page thinking maybe Victor [F] but Too many possibilities for secure ID, so page abandoned. |
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◊ 2015-05-22 09:21 |
So the Pathe way is open ? .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2015-05-22 12:07 |
... provided there's a proper DVD, it should be OK. I'm finding them on Amazon fairly cheaply for about the windscreen price of a secondhand banger in 1963 (as above) .... |
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◊ 2015-07-18 18:54 |
Aircraft at: http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Austin_Around_Britain |
