Vintage Cars At Motel AKA Veteran Car Rally 1959

Star Item

Description

Chippenham, Wiltshire.

A vintage car rally marks the opening of a new motel in Chippenham. Narrator observes how the motel is a relatively new institution in Britain.

Various shots of the veteran cars arriving in front of the motel, most of the drivers and passengers wear historical...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
2496
Sort Number:
CP 241
Time in/Out:
01:36:50:00 / 01:38:39:00
Canister:
CP 241
Film ID:
93.16
Issue Date:
20/07/1959

Comments (2)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

  • Amongst the cars seen are a 1903 Sunbeam 10/12hp Rear Entrance Tonneau (AM 1530), and a 1908 Austin (AW 495).

    jamied 24th Apr 2012
  • Thanks - we've added your comment to the main body of our description.

    British Pathé 15th May 2012

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Car Museum ( AKA Old Motor Car Rally At Beaulieu Abbey And Beully (Sic) Motor Museum )

Car Museum ( AKA Old Motor Car Rally At Beaulieu Abbey And Beully (Sic) Motor Museum )

Classic vintage cars gather at Beaulieu motor museum

Vintage Car Auction

Vintage Car Auction

Beautiful vintage and veteran cars are auctioned at Lord Montagu's Beaulieu estate.

Old Crocks Meet Again

Old Crocks Meet Again

Vintage motorcycles and cars at Brooklands race track, Surrey.

Star Auto Carnival (Aka The Great Race Motor  Carnival)

Star Auto Carnival (Aka The Great Race Motor Carnival)

Vintage cars at Kempton Park carnival, Liz Fraser and Graham Hill attend.

Vintage Cars Brisk Sale

Vintage Cars Brisk Sale

Vintage and veteran cars are sold at auction at Beaulieu.

Vintage Car Auction

Vintage Car Auction

A look at the vintage cars being auctioned by Sotheby's at Heathfield, Sussex.

(Vintage Racing Cars At Crystal Palace)

(Vintage Racing Cars At Crystal Palace)

Old style vintage motorcars racing around the circuit at Crystal Palace.

Rac Car Rally

Rac Car Rally

RAC car rally at Woodcote House - includes vintage and modern cars.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions