Children’s’ Driving School (1957)

Brixton, London. L/S of a line of cars driving in circles in what appears to be a garden or a park. Voiceover says that this is a unique driving school where both pupils and instructors are children. School is run by Mr Leslie Wilson. M/S of Mr Wilson talking to an elderly lady. C/U shot of a car reveals an underaged driver - boy could be around ten or eleven years of age. C/U shot of a woman’s face. C/U shot of a little girl with her hands on a steering wheel. She is eleven years old Marylyn Wilson, Mr Wilson’s daughter, who is about to give lesson to a woman in her sixties. M/S of Mr Wilson opening a car door for the elderly woman to get in. She enters the car and the lesson starts. M/S of the girl explaining to the elderly woman how to use the commands. M/S of Mr Wilson closing the door and the girl starts the car. C/U shot (from the back) of the girl driving. M/S of Mr Wilson stopping one of the cars so that a young boy can get in. Boy is thirteen years old Anthony Wilson (who else), one of the most popular instructors according to voiceover. M/S of the car driving off. C/U shot of the inside of the car driven by youngster. M/S of Mr Wilson stopping another car - he is the man in charge! A young girl walks out to let her student sit on driver’s seat. She explains to a boy what to do. Several shots of the girl instructing her student where and how to drive. 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.