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300 M.P.H. Road 1961
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Point of view M/S from a moving car as we approach the M1. We drive onto the motorway as commentator says "But on these new wide roads one gets no sensation of speed, and even at 75 miles an hour you might well be cruising"; C/U of a man's shoe in the car, pressing the accelerator to the floor.
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- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:24:00 / 01:02:32:00
- Canister:
- CP 325
- Film ID:
- 135.02
- Issue Date:
- 20/03/1961
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"car looks like an Austin, possibly a Cambridge" - yes, it's an Austin A55 Cambridge Mark I.
Note that the price for petrol on the pump is shown as 4 shillings and eightpence a gallon, the equivalent of about 23 pence in decimal money.
Those were the days!