Re-enactment of the first organised movement of troops by car in 1909 - vintage cars and costumes.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 29.13
- Media URN:
- 15695
- Group:
- Colour pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 09/05/1955
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
Unknown user says
"M/S of a mid 1950s contemporary Mercedes" - it's a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, (Reg. No. PLB 23, which in fact was occasionally driven in the '50s by Stirling Moss).
"A guardsman jumps out of one of the cars" - the vehicle is a 1904 Star, (Reg. No. AF 3870).
"A vintage London bus is seen" - it's an AEC B-type, Reg. No. LA 9918. (This vehicle has been preserved, and is on show at the London Transport Museum).
The car seen at 00:11, (Reg, No. D 1590), is a 1904 Panhard-Levassor Tonneau.