The M1 At Speed
Series
- Series Name
- Roundabout
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Item about speed and safe driving. Shows speeded-up travel on the MI motorway filmed through a car windscreen, with another car overtaking at even greater speed; then shots of feet working the pedals to slow the car down, and the vehicle approaching a roundabout at normal speed. This is followed by a shot looking down Piccadilly Circus with traffic travelling at normal speed, followed by a through the windscreen shot of the car approaching Piccadilly at high speed and driving into the back of a taxi.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: The same story appeared in ‘Parade No. 1’ and ‘Carrousel Britanico No. 2’. There seems to have been no Roundabout released for September 1963 according to the production documents.
- Keywords
- Road transport; Accidents and disasters
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 45 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1072/17
- Credits:
-
- Commentator
- Brian Cobby
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
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- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'The M1 At Speed', Roundabout Issue No. 17, Oct 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/327587 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)