New “Atom“ Lightweight Car (1954)

Chalfont St. Peter. New ’Atom’ lightweight car, documentation on file provided by Fairthorpe Ltd. Various shots of chassis as mechanics test. Air-Vice Marshall Bennett and staff around chassis. Fitting on plastic shell body. Various shots of car on road. Test - driven by Air-Vice Marshall Bennett. Interior of car, suitcases being lifted in. (.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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