Motoring Of Future Issue Title Is Tomorrow Always Comes (1943)

Part of issue TOMORROW ALWAYS COMES. Various shots of a vintage car. Re-enactment of man buying black market petrol, comic twist is he only buys enough to fill his lighter. Sound of man asking garage attendant to fill up car with with petrol and check oil. Picture is replaced by title reading: “We cannot enact this scene for you .. we forget what it’s like!“ Aerial shot of RAF aeroplane in flight (could be a Hurricane or a Spitfire). Narrator explains car of future will be influenced by planes. Diagram of car of future: it has an aerodynamic shape, it will be faster and more economical to drive, it will have four wheel drive, engine at back, bullet proof plastic windscreen, temperature control inside, automatic gears, automatic jacks and crab action steering for parking. Various shots of helicopter. Diagrams are by cartoonist Joe Noble. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING I
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