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A look at the new Coventry city centre,it shows broadgate,traffic coming from Hertford Street under the bridge restaurant,the precinct.
The final part looks at the Standard Motor Company and how they have developed into a top manufacturer.
The Standard Motor Company
The Standard 8 baby car in production.This is a silent film
The second part is about the Standard stock piling cars they can't sell
this has sound
DONALD CAMPBELL AT MOTOR PANELS HOLBROOKS COVENTRY
THE DESIGN AND BUILDING OF HIS BLUEBIRD MACHINE.
Donald Campbell's attempt on the land speed record with his Bluebird build at Motor Panels.
Film one is a silent film
Part two has sound
A short video a have put together looking at Coventry's old Cinema's some how they used to be and how some look now
HEXAGONAL HOUSES
14th June 1964
Coventry, West Midlands.
Shot of the half-constructed frame of a hexagonal house with two men working on it. A man is seen carrying a ladder up the house's stairs. Shot of an architect consulting his plans. .
Shot of a completed hexagonal house, a car drives into the garage. Low angle panning shot of the exterior of the house. A man is seen opening the front door.
Interior. A man is seen taking a seat in the living room - the decor is minimalist and ultramodern. A woman is seen making a pot of tea in the kitchen. The man answers the telephone, goes over to a barometer on the wall and then adjusts the heating. Shot of a woman doing some washing up. The woman is seen going up stairs. Shot of a child's bedroom. The woman is seen making the bed in the master bedroom. Various shots of the modernistic bathroom.
Exterior. Various shots of the woman polishing the front door and cleaning the windows. Shot of the house.
MODEL AIRCRAFT TESTING AT BAGINTON
Jet aircraft, a Royal Navy Sea Hawk fighter on the tarmac, taxiing along.
At the Armstrong Whitworth works, special model aircraft are made to test designs. interior of the factory, with a man working on a solid wooden model. George Beech places a Sea Hawk model into a wind tunnel, and adjusts pressure. He uses a rod with nylon threads to show wind flow.
Les Proctor uses a model metre on a 100th scale metal model Hunter plane, and he makes adjustments and files the wing. Mr Griffiths, works on metal model guided missile. Derek Cope paints a white model of an experimental aircraft in a wind tunnel, with lamp black. The wind tunnel chamber is closed off with a panel, and the controls are activated by a large wheel. aircraft model in wind tunnel with paint being blown away.
Earl Haig in military uniform shakes hands with Mrs. E. Bench (who lost four sons) and Corporal A. Hutt,along with the Mayor. They stand at the memorial steps. Earl Haig unveils the doorway of the memorial tower which was covered by a Union Jack, and he salutes. The Mayor reads from a book of remembrance and hands it to Haig. The party enter through the
memorial door. Then a shot of the memorial tower with the crowd in the foreground.
A LOOK ROUND THE VILLAGE OF MERIDEN NEAR COVENTRY
SEE OLD HOUSES AND FARMS AND MEETING THE VILLAGE FOLK
THE FILM IS FROM 1943
Meriden Cross at Meriden village which marks exact centre of Britain. Library shots of cyclists' annual meeting at cross on green in 1920s. cyclists' war memorial. Various shots of quaint old houses and cottages. Various shots of elderly man, Arthur Nichols making ladder rungs by hand and doing traditional wheelwright work. Greek-style folly at side of park. little girl climbing steps of old riding stone (used in past by ladies to mount horses).
Coventry Nov. 1963
Coventry Registry Office. crowds lined up outside registry office waiting for arrivals. Girl in crowd gives Nazi salute. Guests arriving getting out of car. A man gives Nazi salute and walks in. Bride and groom's car arriving outside registry office. British Nazi leader Colin Jordan gets out of car. Zoom in to Jordan standing beside car. Colin Jordan standing beside car as his French bride Francoise Dior, niece of Christian Dior, gets out of car and both walk into registry office,police holding back crowds. Colin Jordan signing the register. Crowds waiting outside registry office. Lady Godiva statue with Coventry Cathedral in background. Crowds breaking up and demonstrating. Policeman grappling with man on ground , bride and groom in registry office with guests standing around giving the Nazi salute. bride and groom as they turn to walk out of building. Bride and groom leaving registry office, both give the Nazi salute as they walk towards their car. Zoom in as they get into car, pan as police hold back crowds, car drives away, two policemen dragging away a demonstrator. Policemen grappling with another demonstrator.
MONKS PARK COVENTRY 1947
After the war Coventry had a housing problem with so many left homeless steps were put in place to build new estates on the outskirts of the city.One such estate was at Monks park Holbrooks,we see interviews with on site builders and people on what would be required to improve the current situation.
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