Caravan Man 1959

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Story about William Knott, who makes caravans and is a modern 1950's self made man, having the largest caravan manufacturing business in the world. M/S of the Bluebird Caravans site, with William Knott working on a luxury caravan with ornate railings forming a veranda at...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
1074
Sort Number:
CP 250
Time in/Out:
01:03:52:00 / 01:08:09:00
Canister:
CP 250
Film ID:
97.04
Issue Date:
12/10/1959

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  • "drives off in a red sports car." - it's an Aston Martin DB3.

    jamied 24th Apr 2012
  • Thanks for spotting this. We've added the DB3 to our description.

    British Pathé 15th May 2012
  • Note that a number of early Land Rover models can be seen early in this clip.

    jamied 1st Jun 2012

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