This film is from the C.H. Wood collection and chronicles several car events including an antique car rally, attended by Queen Elizabeth, and a sporting events organised by Yorkshire Sports Car Club. There is footage of many old car makes as well as the manufacture of Bond Mini Cars. Title-Shell and BP Motoring Service presents Title-Festival Logbook. A cine magazine for motorists Number 2. Recorded on RCA at A.B. Pathe. The voiceover begins by saying that rallies are still a popular event...

This film is from the C.H. Wood collection and chronicles several car events including an antique car rally, attended by Queen Elizabeth, and a sporting events organised by Yorkshire Sports Car Club. There is footage of many old car makes as well as the manufacture of Bond Mini Cars. Title-Shell and BP Motoring Service presents Title-Festival Logbook. A cine magazine for motorists Number 2. Recorded on RCA at A.B. Pathe. The voiceover begins by saying that rallies are still a popular event because Princess Elizabeth opened the newly formed Midlands Section of Veterans Car Trial in Birmingham. There are shots of the Princess arriving in front of a large building with crowds gathered outside. There are several antique cars lined up and she is brought around to inspect them; the voiceover mentions the name of each car and its engine capacity. Over 100 cars set off in slow convoy along the main road and passed the large crowd of spectators. Then the Princess is driven away in her own car to attend another event. The footage follows the convoy of cars and catches up with a 1911 Tura car model. From the side of the road the camera captures the many cars as they drive by, including an early Rolls Royce. Then there is a sequence of shots of various parts of the cars including the badges, the lamps, and the engines. There is one shot of the camera man reflected in the lamp on one of the cars. It begins to rain at the rally so all the drivers try to get the hoods up over their cars; there are crowds of people parked in the main exhibition area. The next section takes place in Yorkshire Moors where there is a meeting of the Yorkshire Sports Car Club. Drivers and their passengers drive along a very muddy and bumpy track while crowds of spectators stand around in the snow watching. The voiceover explains that the cars have to negotiate their ways along a very tough track. The passengers bounce up and down at the steep parts in order to give the car more grip. Some of the cars have steam pouring out of the engines while other cars get stuck and have to be pushed or pulled up the hill by ropes. There is a sequence of shots showing the competitors driving along the track at speed, getting stuck or rolling back down the hill. The following piece takes place in Lancashire where two Bond Mini Cars make their way up a steep hill outside of Preston in Lancashire. A group of school boys watch them and then run after them up the hill. The next section takes place at the Bond factory where two men are in the process of making one of the cars. There are shots of them cutting out the shape of the car from aluminium sheeting and then riveting the pieces onto a frame. The voiceover describes the steps and what the car is made of and then the mechanics carry the body of the car and lay it down on the factory floor. Then they assemble the engine, fit it into the car and add the hood, wheels and finishing touches to it. In the following section the two car makers road test two of the cars along the streets of London and by driving in the traffic, show how small it is in comparison to regular cars. The following piece opens on sheet with designs and reads `M.I.R.A Proving Ground' on it. The voiceover says that important personalities in Britain's motor industry are attending their own research associations open day. There they will be able to see common car problems demonstrated by experienced drivers in controlled environments. The men walk to various viewing areas to watch the tests being carried out. There is a sequence of shots showing the cars being driven into water, into a dust tunnel, and at speed past cameras. Some motorbikes are driven along very stony, bumpy track to test the road handling of the machine. In another test area a car drives in circles around a concrete track to test tyre wear, a motorbike and side car drives along the same track and brakes constantly to test how well it stays on the road. The camera pans around to show the large crowd of spectators watching the tests. In the next section a large crowd of spectators are seated on benches beside a country road; a racing car drives at speed up the hill. There are shots of the event site where the drivers and spectators carry out last minute checks on their cars and chat to each other. The voiceover says that some old-style cars were also brought out to tackle the hill. Lord Jones' `Triangular Flying Saucer' car, a Vauxhall Villius (?), Jack Moor's scaled down `Wasp', and a 1914 `T.T Sunbeam'. The voiceover comments on driver Alan Hess as he drives up the hill past the crowds in his A40. He says that he has arrived back in the country after driving around the world in less than 21 days; he is cheered as he drives past the spectators. The sports cars begin the race up the hill where a few of them clip the side of the bank and send up clouds of dust. Then the old cars take to the hill. The winner of the Shelsley sports car race is Ken Worton who is congratulated and is followed by a final shot of the old cars still making their way along the hill track. Title-A Random Production. Produced and Edited by Peter Mills. Devised by Geoffrey De Gruchy. Photographed by Peter Mills, Gordon Lang, John Page. Commentary Written by Warren Tute. Spoken by Alvar Lidell, Geoffrey De Gruchy. Title-The End.