Safety fast - from the Nuffield files

Few marques with such a loyal following as MG. MG Car Clubs are everywhere around the globe, just like the cars themselves. This is a great video for all of these fans, produced by the Nuffield Organization itself back in 1948.

Things starts in Palm Beach, Florida, where MG TCs can be seen raced in anger. Some other interesting cars, too. XK120s and even a Fiat 1100 Mille Miglia. And what’s that car wearing start number 15 on 0:26 and skidding slightly later on 0:30? Over to Goldie Gardner in his MG land speed car (note the square steering wheel that’s taken off). He is seen here on the international kilometre record – which he took. We think at the Jabbeke motorway, but we’re not sure.

Next is the heart of MG: the factory in Abingdon, where the then- new TD-model is being assembled. Note the Riley RM models in the background – a bit of a surprise to see these being manufactured at the same plant. Then there’s Ian Appleyard on a record breaking trip to the French Alps in a TD taken straight from the production line. He’s followed driving straight through central London of 1948, on to the Dover ferry and on the continent right through Paris, and on through to the snow of Val d’Isere. We guess it took him some extra time to get there in order to get things on film. The voice over mentions that he went his way back to the UK in one day though…

(Words editor, video British Pathe)

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