FREE  "History of Motoring" Double DVD (120 minutes)  

 

Enjoy the history forever with this excellent selection of original and rarely seen archive films showing the evolution of the motor car and motor racing over the past 100+ years. The two discs show how motor cars have been built, tested and marketed over the years and also feature historic motor shows, motor races as well as some of history's greatest ever cars and drivers. (Absolutely free with your first order -DON'T MISS OUT).


Disc 1. The History of Motoring (Pre-war era).

  • Disc 1 includes:
  • Original film of pioneer motor cars on the streets in the 1890s
  • Motor racing from the 1900s when drivers were guided by red and white flags
  • The problems early drivers encountered with unmade roads
  • The start of mass production
  • Films showing how the early cars were built, tested and marketed
  • Early road safety film showing how poor driving caused many accidents
  • Novel auto/air stunt display featuring an Essex Terraplane car 
  • Documentary film chronicling the start of Ford's operations in Britain and the building of its huge car plant at Dagenham in the 1930s
  • Novel pre-war approach to traffic control
  • Legendary pre-war driver Tazio Nuvolari winning the 1932 Monaco Grand Prix 
  • Record breaking at Indianapolis in 1934
  • Pre-war world land speed record success at Daytona Beach
  • All the latest car models on dispay at the 1936 New York Auto Show
  • New car promotional film from the pre-TV era
  • A trip to the 1939 World's Fair to see the latest transport technology of the day 
  • And much more

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Disc 2. The History of Motoring (Post-war era). 
  • Disc 2 includes:
  • The Golden Anniversary of the motor car in 1946
  • Austerity cars for the immediate post-war era
  • Some of the world's earliest ever car commercials in colour 
  • Motor racing from Le Mans in the 1950s
  • Extravagant 1950s General Motors film showing "the cars and highways of tomorrow".
  • A Citroen DS overcoming treacherous conditions to win the 1959 Monte Carlo Rally
  • Concept cars from the 1960s
  • British car crash testing in 1960
  • Donald Campbell breaking the world land speed record in Australia
  • The 1956 Paris Motor Show and the 1965 London Motor Show
  • 1960s stock car racing from Brands Hatch
  • Graham Hill winning the 1966 Indianapolis 500
  • London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, 1967
  • Some of the post-war era's strangest cars
  • A celebratory profile of the e-type Jaguar -one of the world's greatest ever cars
  • The 20th Century's longest ever procession of classic Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars on a pubic highway 
  • And much more

The DVD will be sent automatically with your order. (Only one DVD per household).