Breakthrough - Version 1 (1950)

Note: the soundtrack is missing. This is an alternative version of . There was two versions of this documentary - an “Austin Version “and a “Morris Version“ - not sure which is which. Some shots are shared or similar. BREAKTHROUGH British Motor Corporation Logo (. BMC). Film starring Fred Emney (comedian) and Terence Alexander. Aerial view: City of London street with buses. Our hero gets out of taxi and enters an office. WS. The office interior. He speaks to his secretary and meets with his boss. CU a brochure “The big breakthrough in suspension“. 01:13:38 Two cyclists arrive in the grounds of a stately home. WS interior room full of bicycle parts. Our hero and another man talk. CU ’Moulton’ Hydrolastic suspension unit, ’manufactured for BMC by Dunlop’ on display. Its key features are pointed out. An Austin 1100 drives through a high street. The driver opens the boot to reveal boxes labelled ’Fropax’, he walks into a shop with Fropax signs in the window. CU the same car in
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