Midget Car Tested (1938)

Lee, London. Several shots of a tiny, two-seater car being tested in Lee. A man and a woman drive along in the open, 2-horse-power car, going under a bridge by Lee railway station and looking very small next to a double-decker bus (an AEC Regent STL). The midget car (a Rytecraft Special) has an L-plate on the front. Reliant Regal 3-wheeler also features. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.