Painted Taxi (1953)

Chelsea, London. Various shots of artist and antique dealer Ron Alderson in a side street, painting the outside of a taxi with an ornate design. There is a cameo of Horace Walpole on the side and the whole bottom half of the taxi is covered in a quilted pattern reminiscent of a State coach. Several C/Us of features on the cab, such as a radiator cap that looks like a baron’s coronet. Ron gets into the taxi and drives about in it. Note: press cutting and notes on file. 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