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5 results found for 'MI 1072/10' in Company Reference.
New Zealand Motor Racing
NoS synopsis: Visits the Ardmore motor racing track near Auckland, in New Zealand’s North island, to witness the country’s biggest sporting event, the New Zealand Grand Prix.
Minicars
NoS synopsis: Visits a factory in Britain making the small cars which are popular with motorists all over Europe. The motor works attract many visitors.
Vauxhall’s Factory
NoS synopsis: Visits Vauxhall’s motor manufacturing works, the record output for which is twelve hundred and forty vehicles in one day. Amongst the visitors is Mr Umar Said, editor of the Indonesian...
Rubber
NoS synopsis: Visits a rubber tree plantation in South East Asia. Rubber trees were introduced to the region by British botanists, who grow seeds from South America in London hothouses. Shows the tapping and...
Skin Diving
NoS synopsis: The new activity of skin diving for work or recreation relies on rubber for the aqualung and wet-suit. This item provides a brief history of diving, including the invention in 1943 of the...