Autos Are Big News (1960)

Item title reads - Autos are big news. London. L/S of the Wolsely Voiturette car standing outside the . (Royal Automobile Club) Offices in London. M/S of the driver Mr St. John. C. Nixon walking up to the front of the car, he stands beside a young lady in a 1900 period dress. C/U headlamp on Wolsely. C/U two . patrolmen pointing. C/U notice on the front of car reading “Automobile club thousand miles trial 40, diamond jubilee 1960“. M/S Mr Nixon walking to the bonnet of the car and lifting it. C/U of the engine showing the single cylinder, he closes the bonnet. M/S of the car. M/S of two patrolmen on their motorcycles, they will accompany Mr Nixon part of the way. L/S official starting the trial by dropping the flag. The car moves slowly forward. Camera pans to Mr Nixon with Mr Arthur Ayscough of . seated beside him. M/S as he drives the Wolsely away and past the camera. Item title reads - ’Basingstoke’ (Hampshire). Various shots of the space maker truck coming toward camera, it goes