Live from Earl’s Court! Well, no. Actually, it was 49 years ago. In clear, vibrant color, here’s awesome coverage of the 1967 British International Motor Show. Check out all the great new production models and concepts for ’67.
Courtesy of British Pathé News (we’re big fans of the awesome historical archive) here’s some wonderful newsreel coverage of the 1967 British International Motor Show at the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre in London. Just a few of the exceptional cars on display that year:
+ The new-for-1967 MGC, a 3.0L six-cylinder version of the popular and stylish MGB, available as a roadster or coupe.
+ The sleek AC 428 coupe with stunning bodywork by Frua, stretched Cobra chassis, and a thuggish big-block Ford V8 for power.
+ The fabulous Marzal, a singular concept by Lamborghini with styling by Bertone and an expansive four-seat cockpit that was almost entirely glass.
+ The Bertone Pirana concept, based on a Jaguar E-Type platform but actually commissioned by a British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, as an ideal car of tomorrow. Here we see Nuccio Bertone himself behind the wheel.
As a bonus, early in the footage (40 seconds in ) there’s a short bit on a new model from Japan that year, the Honda N600 sedan. Painfully condescending, the segment offers no clue that only a few years later, the storied British marques would be history and Japanese automakers would stand atop the global auto industry. Clearly, the old crystal ball was out of order that day.
At any rate, enjoy this brilliant newsreel piece from Earl’s Court, 1967.
Do you think the commentary was a little sexist!
Pretty bad, huh. Pathe News is stuck on this theme in this period. It’s like they had one script writer and he could think of one angle, that one.
Music and voice-over from another century, which indeed it is. Bizarre fixation on women drivers and alcohol, condescending ant sexist. What’s not to like? Most of it, but the pictures are fascinating. I may have been there, but I can’t be sure. The alcohol and women drivers damaged my memory bank.