• Short Summary

    A story about how Paul Jackson turned his hobby of making pottery cars into a profitable business.

  • Description

    Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

    Various shots of vintage cars driving past in a rally, cut to Paul Jackson getting out of his red Model T Ford and going into his workshop.

    We see him in the interior of his workshop where he is moulding a model of a car out of pottery and sticking bits on. Various shots as he moulds the car and puts it on one side. He then starts painting another one. Various shots of some of his finished work including a 1907 Renault, a Rambler and a 1909 Ford 'N'.

    The narrator explains Paul started this as a hobby then went into business because of the demand, he now sells them abroad.

    Note: The music cuts out before the end of the picture but after the commentary has finished.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    171.09
    Media URN:
    1916
    Group:
    Colour pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    30/04/1962
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:02:25:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:38:17:00 / 01:40:42:00
    Canister:
    CP 383

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