Results: Stories
11 results found for '"Crowthorne"' in Location.
Research for Roads
- Date released
- 27 Oct 1960
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 60/87
- NoS ID
- 109421
- Story no
- 3 / 5
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list
Spectacular skids enliven Government road-safety tests
Road to Safety
- Date released
- 4 May 1961
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1665A
- NoS ID
- 024094
- Story no
- 5 / 5
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road to Safety. DESCRIPTION: The question is - why does one car pull up quicker than the other in this experiment? The answer is in the tyres. Both cars apply their brakes at the same...
No Hands
- Date released
- 28 Jan 1963
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 422
- NoS ID
- 121333
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: A car goes along a country road and the driver sits holding a newspaper with both hands and reading it as he races along. Dangerous driving? No, the safety-plans for tomorrow’s motoring...
Traffic Jam Testing
- Date released
- 9 Jun 1963
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 441
- NoS ID
- 121390
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: At Crowthorne, in Berkshire, we watched some of the impressive experiments conducted by road researchers. Scientists there are ceaselessly striving to end the traffic jams that infuriate even...
Speed and Safety
- Date released
- 24 Sep 1964
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1842A
- NoS ID
- 025689
- Story no
- 4 / 4
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed and Safety. DESCRIPTION: Stirling Moss was at Blackbushe to see a British Dragsters team competing against the Americans. Dragsters sprint cars, costing up to 8,000 pounds, are...
Traffic Experiment
- Date released
- 9 Jul 1967
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 67/55
- NoS ID
- 112664
- Story no
- 2 / 5
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Safety on our roads. The Road Research Laboratory is fast coming up with the answers to this urgent problem.
Crowthorne Road Research Laboratory
- Date released
- Jul 1968
- Series name
- Carrousel Britanico
- Issue no
- 31
- NoS ID
- 324732
- Story no
- 3 / 5
COI synopsis: Accident prevention experiments by the Road Research Laboratory.
Question of Adhesion
- Date released
- 5 May 1969
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2083
- NoS ID
- 027846
- Story no
- 5 / 5
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Question of Adhesion. DESCRIPTION: Mud-Mud-glorious mud, as Motocross contestants try to get a grip during a side-car event in France. They’ve only got one driving wheel, but...
Driverless Car
- Date released
- 31 May 1971
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2191
- NoS ID
- 028866
- Story no
- 4 / 6
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Driverless Car. DESCRIPTION: The mysterious driverless car under study at the Road Research Laboratory. Scientists say by the year 2000 everyone could be sitting back in their vehicles...
Rr Gas Bus
- Date released
- 30 Apr 1973
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2291
- NoS ID
- 029875
- Story no
- 5 / 6
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rr Gas Bus - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s first clean air propane gas bus on show before going into service. SHOTLIST: GV rooftop shot, traffic chaos. SV traffic into Piccadilly...