Matchbox Cars

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
538
Date Released
15 Apr 1965
Date recorded
12 Mar 1965
Length of issue (in feet)
689
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: ...a happier one is a production line of glitter and promise at a Hackney factory. It’s the beginning of the car story, except we’re concerned with matchbox replicas which are accurate right down to the last detail. They’re carved out of wood at first then scaled down to make a master cast of the two-inch models before rolling off the conveyor belts at the rate of eighty million a year. Compared with that...
Keywords
Industry and manufacture; Toys and models
Locations
London; England; Hackney
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Richard Norton
Length of story (in feet)
195
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Matchbox Cars', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 538, 15 Apr 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121638 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)