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1948: Britain's First POST-WAR MOTOR SHOW | Newsreel | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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5:03Now PlayingThe Duke of Gloucester opens the first post war Motor Show at Earls Court, with congratulations to the British motor industry on £100 million worth of car exports since the war ended.
Motoring correspondent Alan Hess discusses some of the vehicles that caught his eye, including the Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, the Hillman Minx, the Morris Minor, the Daimler, the Kaiser and the Jaguar. He also looks at some of the latest trends in car design, from a greater use of plastics to in-car luxury items like drinks cabinets.
Clip taken from BBC Television Newsreel, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Monday 1 November, 1948.
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