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1939 TRANSPORT / QUIRKY: Mini cars teach children road sense
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1:11Now PlayingDate: 10th July 1939
Location: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Midget Cars Teach Children Road Sense
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Gen. view Birmingham pan over to top view training ground. Long view kids driving car. (Intr scenes... Gen. view class room...chassis of car on table. Long view kids in class. CU boy listening. 2 CU's of girl-types listening. Semi view blackboard walk back to semi view kids around chassis of car. Semi view brake & clutch pedals. Semi view startinghandle pan to engine running at back. Semi view engine showing cylinder & petrol tank. Long view boy in car. Semi viewworking footpedals. CU handbrake. CU gear-lever.
Extr scenes...Front view cars towards on training ground..& children cross miniature roads. Semi CU pan kid at wheel. CU girl's hair blowing in car. Pan to two cars past on track.
Education and Training; Vehicles; Great Britain
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