One Million Autos

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1367
Date Released
15 Aug 1955
Date submitted
11 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 1,000,000 Volkswagen (Beetles). DESCRIPTION: There was a big celebration in Germany to mark the completion of the one millionth People’s Car since the war. SHOTLIST: GV of works. GV inside works. GV of millionth car (Beetle). Crowd outside. GV of platform performers. French, Belgian and Brazil. Flags of 83 nations. Band marches down. Volkswagen Beetle.
Keywords
Vehicles; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Germany; Wolfsburg
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
64251
Credits:
Commentator
John McLaren
Length of story (in feet)
75
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'One Million Autos', British Movietone News Issue No. 1367, 15 Aug 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20278 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)