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New "Atom" Lightweight Car 1954
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Chalfont St. Peter.
New 'Atom' lightweight car, documentation on file provided by Fairthorpe Ltd.
Various shots of chassis as mechanics test. Air-Vice Marshall Bennett and staff around chassis. Fitting on plastic shell body. Various shots of car on road. Test - driven by Air-Vice...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Agnew
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 78383
- Sort Number:
- UN 2677 D
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:35:00 / 01:45:50:00
- Canister:
- UN 2677 D
- Film ID:
- 2630.21
- Issue Date:
- 1954
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"New 'Atom' lightweight car, documentation on file provided by Fairthorpe Ltd" - the car is known as the Fairthorpe Atom.
The car featured here is the Fairthorpe Atom prototype, Reg. No. SPP 18.
"Air-Vice Marshall Bennett" should read Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett. He was the founder of Fairthorpe, however at 00:01 we also see a sign for one of his other companies "Dart Aircraft Ltd".