• Short Summary

    Vintage and veteran vehicles at a charity rally in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

  • Description

    Titles read: "ESSEX - BOY GETS REAL ENGINE".

    Buckhurst Hill.

    Various shots of vintage and veteran vehicles including cars, commercial vehicles, a fire engine, miniature and full-sized traction engines at a charity rally in aid of the National Spastics Fund. C/U of small child eating ice-cream (most of it is over its face).

    L/S of an old railway engine which was found by 14-year-old Christopher (Puffer) Hughes. C/U of sign reading '1896 Aveling and Porter Rail Loco / Rescued Last Tuesday From An Erith Factory Siding'. Chris Hughes stands up in the driving cab. He has donated the engine to the Enfield Veteran Vehicle Society.

    General view of old cars on their way home. A group of men push an old vehicle away across the field.

    Notes and cuttings on file.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1723.33
    Media URN:
    53518
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    20/08/1962
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:58:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:41:32:00 / 01:42:30:00
    Canister:
    62/67

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