I stumbled upon the British Pathe archive the other day and have whiled away a few late nights watching the videos. Thought I'd share.
Here's some of my finds:
Santa Pod in the '60s - none of your fancy burger stands and cowsheds back then!
British introduction to drag racing at Santa Pod
Corvette drag racing at the Pod - silent film.
Drag bikes and cars which the commentator calls "Drag Mobiles" and wonders if drag racing could be the next big thing in Britain.
Also car show reports:
1964 Earl's Court Motor Show
And rallying:
African Safari
And other random stuff like:
BMC crash testing. Quite scary really.
BMC endurance testing their new cars
There's so much there. Some is silent footage, presumably from reels that were never used. Apologies about not embedding the videos, I don't think it's possible unlike Youtube.
Enjoy.
Here's some of my finds:
Santa Pod in the '60s - none of your fancy burger stands and cowsheds back then!
British introduction to drag racing at Santa Pod
Corvette drag racing at the Pod - silent film.
Drag bikes and cars which the commentator calls "Drag Mobiles" and wonders if drag racing could be the next big thing in Britain.
Also car show reports:
1964 Earl's Court Motor Show
And rallying:
African Safari
And other random stuff like:
BMC crash testing. Quite scary really.
BMC endurance testing their new cars
There's so much there. Some is silent footage, presumably from reels that were never used. Apologies about not embedding the videos, I don't think it's possible unlike Youtube.
Enjoy.
