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The Austin Festival Review, Documentary, 1951

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1927 Austin 12/4 Clifton Tourer

1929 Austin 12/4 Van

1937 Austin 14/6 Goodwood

1911 Austin 15 hp

1914 Austin 20 hp Vitesse

1909 Austin 7 hp

1947 Austin A120 Princess

1948 Austin A125 Sheerline

1948 Austin A40 Devon

1949 Austin A40 Sports

1949 Austin A90 Atlantic

1937 Austin Big Seven

1937 Austin Seven New Ruby

1936 Austin Seven Ruby

1922 Austin Seven Tourer Prototype

1930 Austin Seven Ulster

1946 Austin Sixteen

1936 Austin Ten Cambridge

1936 Austin Ten Lichfield

1949 Bedford PC

1895 Benz Velociped

1946 De Soto De Luxe

1932 Hillman Minx

1927 Morris Cowley

1935 Morris Eight Series I

1931 Morris Minor

1933 Morris Ten-Four

1937 Opel Kadett Cabriolet-Limousine

1929 Riley Nine Brooklands

1930 Riley Nine Brooklands

1930 Riley Nine Brooklands

1926 Rolls-Royce 20 h.p.

Royal Enfield Flying Flea

1937 Standard Flying Twelve

1906 Swift 9/10hp

1930 Talbot AO 90

Vauxhall Churchill 'Crocodile'

Willys MB 'Jeep'

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dsl ◊ 2015-06-03 02:18	Taken from this DVD - see /movie.php?id=1004516488 . Can also be viewed at http://www.britishpathe.com/video/austin-festival-review/query/Longbridge , https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/video/austin-festival-review-065746855.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBXy0pxKKM etc Basically a fairly triumphalist promotional film made by Pathe for Austin for the 1951 Festival of Britain (also filmed by Pathe as Extra1 on this MG extravaganza - Pathe cleverly manage not to duplicate content between the 2 features) - in the typical post-WW2 mood of optimism for a bright future. Odd commentary which has lots of errors, and a bit of a rambling account, opening with Festival footage, followed by a history of early road vehicles and then becomes Austin focused. Lots of very interesting stuff as it meanders its way through 10 minutes - I don't think it has been cut for DVD as has been suggested as an explanation for commentary errors Festival of Britain stuff The onsite train in last 2 pics was based on a cartoon series by Rowland Emett called The Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway - a bit more interesting than all those silly Dotto things.
dsl ◊ 2015-06-03 03:11	History of transport stuff followed by in 1880 (apparently) .... an early ford .... a choo-choo ... and ever wondered what we'd be identifying on imcdb if no-one had invented the internal combustion engine??
dsl ◊ 2015-06-03 03:33	Planes for impdb 1] Lancasters (built in Longbridge during WW2) 2] Horsa gliders, also built at Longbridge (plus Stirlings or Halifaxes - /movie_214240-The-Undefeated.html ??) 3] Unidentified shiny thing That's the only shot, but it could be related to Phil The Greek's arrival in the A125 Sheerline - was he a pilot?? -- Last edit: 2016-10-07 04:53:07
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-06-03 21:27	The King's Flight's first post war machine was a Vickers Viking. According to stuff in the link P the G learned to fly in 1952. Link to "www.rafmuseum.org.uk" The "Choo-Choo" https://www.flickr.com/photos/jalapenokitten/3578575145 -- Last edit: 2015-06-03 21:57:50
Corkeyandpals ◊ 2017-10-06 06:07	Aircraft at: http://impdb.org/index.php?title=The_Austin_Festival_Review

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