The New Car

Clip 1: Dreams of a new car

2 min 51 sec

Taken from the short film The New Car (1953)

Original title classification not rated – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

In the early 1900s, a husband (credited as ‘the Dreamer’) and wife, along with a family friend, walk up to the entrance of their property to see the arrival of their new car. The family greet the two men who have delivered it and inspect the car’s features. The man who delivered the car rides off on a penny-farthing bicycle while the friends pack the car for an afternoon outing.

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