Up Gradient Of 1 In 2 1/2 AKA Up Gradient Of 1 - 2 1/2 (1924)

Hindhead, Surrey. Title: “Up Gradient of 1 - 2 1/2. M. Liocourt, driver of car that made famous desert dash across the Sahara, gives demonstration before War Office, Navy & Police officials“. Panning shot follows a large armoured jeep as it drives across a field, it has six wheels and carries ten or so passengers. L/S of the jeep driving across rough terrain, it passes the camera; the passengers are a mixture of military officers and men in bowler hats. High angled L/S of the vehicle driving over hilly scrub land, in the background several spectators stand near their cars. Panning shot follows the car driving up a hill, there are no passengers aboard, several military officers walk beside it, as the car gets to the top of the slope the spectators crowd around it. M/S of the car, the three men in bowler hats sit in the back of the car, the officers stand beside it, the driver - M. Liocourt - stands on the running board. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL