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6 results found for '"Nuneaton"' in Location.
Want a Mink Coat? It’s Easy, Grow Your Own
- Date released
- 30 Nov 1950
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 2061
- NoS ID
- 042735
- Story no
- 4 / 8
Two engine drivers start small farm to rear mink in hope of bringing luxury fur coats down to reasonable prices.
Motor Industry Opens Research Test Track
- Date released
- 27 May 1954
- Series name
- British Paramount News
- Issue no
- 2425
- NoS ID
- 045009
- Story no
- 2 / 9
Built by entire motor industry, with government subsidy, new tracks and laboratory are opened by Minister of Transport.
Motor News
- Date released
- 27 May 1954
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 54/40
- NoS ID
- 105839
- Story no
- 4 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list
Nuneaton: The Motor Industry Research Association has a new proving-ground where cars are bounced, bumped and soaked during reliability tests
Testing - Testing
- Date released
- 23 Feb 1967
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 1968A
- NoS ID
- 026778
- Story no
- 1 / 5
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Testing - Testing. DESCRIPTION: Transport Minister Mrs Barbara Castle visits MIRA, the Motor Industry’s Research Centre near Nuneaton. SHOTLIST: GV sign MIRA on gate. GV MIRA...
Put a Stop to It
- Date released
- 28 Mar 1968
- Series name
- British Movietone News
- Issue no
- 2025A
- NoS ID
- 027319
- Story no
- 6 / 6
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Put a Stop to It. DESCRIPTION: The Motor Industry’s new Crash laboratory has just opened at Nuneaton. A nine hundred pound car, destroyed in the cause of safety. At Farnborough a new...
Car Crash Test
- Date released
- 28 Mar 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/26
- NoS ID
- 113021
- Story no
- 2 / 7
- Extras
- 1 film clip
What happens when a vehicle stops too suddenly is the research problem at the Motor Industry Research Association’s new Vehicle Impact Laboratory. It’s now the most modern in the world and could help...