Full list of films
Motoring History
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Advertising and marketing
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Classic British cars
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Road safety
Military and wartime
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Individual cars
Land speed records
Land Rover
Miscellaneous
Motor cycling
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An informative film showing how Henry Ford developed the idea of mass production at his factory by moving cars past the workers and thereby significantly speeding up the car manufacturing process -changing car production forever.
Thoroughly informative silent documentary which contains some of the earliest existing known film footage chronicling the complete process of how a car of the period is built. Excellent archive material for any true motoring historian.
An informative, high-quality, documentary from the 1930s which shows each process of how a Ford V8 car is manufactured.
Film of a new state-of-the-art all-weather test chamber built by Ford in the late 1930s to make sure that each car built will survive in every sort of weather.
In an official marketing film from the early 1930s, a car is thrown over a cliff to test its strength and durability. Not only does it survive, but it then performs a series of additional challenging road tests afterwards.
The new English Ford V8 is put through a series of rigorous tests to show what it is capable of.
A film which shows how new English Ford cars are built and tested in the early 1930s.
Outdoor tests of the new Ford cars designed and built at the end of the 1940s.
A feature-by-feature tour of the new Ford saloon and convertible cars for 1949.
A brief film featuring a person who tests the sound of car horns in the late 1940s to make sure they have the correct pitch.
Wonderful period footage of cars being shaken violently from side to side on top of a steep purpose built ramp to test their road holding. A convertible car containing a bunch of pretty girls inside is then given the same treatment and again the car withstands every challenge thrown at it.
An informative documentary from the 1930s showing how safety glass in cars not only protects drivers and passengers if the car was in a collision, but also ensures the driver gets the best possible field of vision when they are driving along the road.
Demonstration of the new 1949 Ford car as it undertakes a number of challenging tests at Ford's Dearborn proving grounds.
New Chevrolet cars are put through rigerous outdoor tests to show potential car buyers that the cars can cope with the most demanding of driving challenges.
