The Incredible Seven Reel 3 (1961)
Reel 3
More parts of the "rear subframe" are joined together by men with hydraulic tools. Parts of the suspension are fixed in. C/U of the rubber cone - a vital part of the suspension system. The finished body is lower from the roof onto the subframe. The wheels are fixed by hand on to the axles and then the nuts are tightened with a hydraulic tightener. Two men work inside the car. The car moves along the production line. At the end of the line a woman climbs into the the car and drives it away.
The car is driven into a testing bay. The car is tested on a set of rollers. C/U driver changing gears in the car. C/U wheel on the roller. A tester opens the bonnet and we see the engine. He checks various parts of the engine. The bonnet is closed and the car is driven off. The wheels are aligned and the headlights are focused.
The cars drive out of the factory one after another. A line of cars (Austin Sevens (7) this is an early version of the Mini). Members of the motoring press gathered together to see the cars. Man wearing press pass pins on a small rosette. Three men talk. C/U of engine. Press men and women stand around. Journalists from around Europe are there to inspect the car. The journalists begin to get into the cars and drive them. A man with a stopwatch signals when the drivers should start their test drive. C/U back of the car as it drives away. The name on the back of the car reads "Austin 850". The cars are driven away. Various shots of the cars being driven on the test track. Various newspaper headlines praising the "Austin Baby" inter cut with shots of the cars on the test track.
The family from the start of the film return. The boy and girl are piling up things for a trip by the roadside. Their father drives up in a new Austin Seven (7). He gets out. They start to load up their luggage. The radio and Mum's hat box go on the back shelf. The suitcases go in the boot. A picnic basket and a tennis racket go into the side panels. Deck chairs go under the seats. More pockets are filled up and then the family get into their car. They drive away. C/U Dad driving. Flashback to the family standing at the bus stop as the bus drives past. C/U Dad. C/U of various family members in car.
Driving through "jam packed London in complete ease" filmed from inside the car. C/U speed-o-meter. More shots of London from inside the car. C/U of feet on car's pedals. The car drives over Westminster bridge. Big Ben is visible in the background. The car is seen driving through Canterbury. Mom looks at the map and gives Dad the directions as he drives. The car speeds past. A sign at the roadside says "A20 Dover 5m". A man in a white coat and hat waves the car onto the ferry to Boulogne. The family passports are checked and they drive onto the boat. The ferry sails out of Dover harbour. The ferry sounds its horn.
A model of the car stands next to Silver Cup (the Dewar Trophy) as the credits roll. Produced by Associated British Pathe for the Nuffield Organisation.
Note: Very similar in many respects to "Wizardry on Wheels". Paperwork contains a copy of the commentary script. The Austin Seven was their version of the Morris Mini. Colour is faded in this print.
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BIG MINI a small car that changed the world of cars. Gorgeous video that represents an era...
My Grandfather head of promoting the Mini at 2:44 with the sunglasses.
The family was left waiting so long for the bus, that they changed into much more casual attire.
My father got a brand new one in 1959, in cherry red.. It was delivered with no water in the radiator and had to go straight back for a new head gasket. Also, in the very early ones, they fitted to front floor wrongly so it leaked water into the footwells.
Jam packed London! The heaviest of traffic! Haha, he'd be surprised today then.
My dad had two, you didn't get IN them you PUT them on! LOL
It's nice to have found this, as portions of it were used in "The secret life of Machines", particularly the family that just couldn't get away... :)
I enjoy watchin' this channel...thanks for sharing.
Great stuff , how times have changed see how nice the customs officer was , like i say how times have changed. Mini the age of awesome Austin..
4:17 The Minnie. (1961)
Thank you
I'm still waiting for that 'bus.
A proper mini not like the crap fake not so mini ones they are knocking out today .!
@barkchip1872
2 жыл бұрын
And they're German!! Churchill will be turning in his grave. What would he be thinking? What was it all for, the "fighting them on the beaches, on the sea and in the air". They got in after all , no fight, no bombing - we gave it all away! Cowley, Oxfordshire. COWLEY!! (where the new German MINI is made) Completely rebuilt by BMW, all the history demolished, and now full of German cars! You couldn't make it up. And at the end of WW2, we the victors of German war-mongering, helped the vanquished to rebuild their flattened car factories to restart their dead economy. Wasn't that the British thing to do?? WTF.
Wow, kids reading books....and cars without safety belts.
1:15
spin the wheels up and crash the gears ,
1:54
Mr beans car xD
@vinnydaq13
4 жыл бұрын
Except there is no padlock on the driver’s door!
@doloresmyatt9737
3 жыл бұрын
i brought 2 brand new and a few second hand great fun to drive, as you say @ " best car made" to empty your wallet on repairs come mot time.
@lorddjungelskog903
Жыл бұрын
Mr bean's car was actually a faster model (The mini 1000 to be more specific)
hilarious, looks like a bean tin production line
:D
Put the brakes on hard and you get a transition radio in the back of your head
@paulukjames7799
3 жыл бұрын
Not with one I had no chance lucky to stop at a roundabout after braking for a hundred yards before hand with 4 people in the car
@leafyboy68
2 жыл бұрын
Probably the least of your worries in a accident. Yes it would probably hit you after the carnage of all the family going through the windscreen due to no seatbelts !
@johnniethepom7545
Жыл бұрын
Is that transition radio , a transistor radio that wants to be a tape deck ? 🤔
When did they adopt the 'Mini' name? They looked absolute death traps which I'm sure they were.
@tomtalk24
4 жыл бұрын
Morris was always the Morris Mini Minor, Austin it was Austin 7 until 1962 when it became the Austin Mini. Safety is fine, you cant go fast enough to hit anything hard enough.
@horsenuts1831
4 жыл бұрын
They certainly were death traps. That said, I remember seeing cars designed in the 1980s being little better (I remember seeing Peugeot 205s completely crushed from a rear-end shunt from the rear bumper to the back of the driver's seat). I guess in those days we compensated for the lack of crumple zones by being a bit more cautious.
@radioguy1620
4 жыл бұрын
@@horsenuts1831 sadly true, there is almost no reason to get either in an accident or hurt in todays cars if driven with the same care. people just drive so much faster now.
@martintaper7997
3 жыл бұрын
They were as safe as the next car of a similar size = not very. At least they handled well.
@williamluckhurst5646
3 жыл бұрын
They were death traps but so was everything else, there was a guy on a motorbike without a helmet in the video
hahaha LOL no wonder british car making died
@maskedavenger2578
3 жыл бұрын
The mini was a big success story they sold like hot cakes all over the world .British car making died due to Bolshevik union shop stewards & nationalisation of British Leyland .
@G1NZOU
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. So that's why they kept selling so well and even outlived their intended replacement? The Mini didn't cause the downfall of British car making, it was the gradual effects of mismanagement and workforce strikes decades later. The Mini was a winning design that outsold many of the other small economy cars on the market, won in Motorsport, and is still desirable today by collectors.
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