Make It - Drive It

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1524
Date Released
18 Aug 1958
Date submitted
11 Aug 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Do It Yourself Car. DESCRIPTION: Want to own a 90 mile an hour sports car? All you need is £250. First take the initiative of two young motor and plastic engineers. They’re prefabricating a tubular chassis with independent front suspension, and a plastic body to bolt on in sections. All parts are free of purchase tax, hence the low price. Your job is to get the engine and components from a pre-war family saloon, replace worn parts and fit the thing together! SHOTLIST: GV car driving. CU steering wheel. Tracking shot car - wipe to body work. CU engine. CU body. CU wheel. MS body lowered into chassis. CU same. CU same. MS door fitted on. MS steering wheel fitted. CU same - wipe to CU. Steering wheel. Tracking shot car. Same.
Keywords
Vehicles; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
England; Chipperfield
Card file number
74586
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Michael Samuelson
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Make It - Drive It', British Movietone News Issue No. 1524, 18 Aug 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22548 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)