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MG MGA - MGA (Mostly) Films

Following on from another post, you might enjoy these films if you have the time:


EX179 PT1 1951
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75089

EX179 PT2 1951
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75090

EX179 1954
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=80915

EX179 1954
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=82852


OK, so only 4 links per posting to avoid being classed as spam.
Mark Hester

MGA 1955
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81585

MGA Dundrod 1955
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=39722

EX182 EX181 & ORX 885 1955+
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84424

MGA - Alpine Rally 1956
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74913
Mark Hester

EX181 1957
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=34666

EX181 1957
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81576

EX181 1958
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=775

mga twin cam 1958
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=35520
Mark Hester

EX181 1959
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=83903

EX181 - Phil Hill 1959
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=36034

MGA - Motor Show 1961
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=68427

MGA Sprite AH 1962
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74967


Some only have fleeting glimpses admittedly.

Perhaps there are more?

Enjoy
Mark
Mark Hester

Mark, -- The first two links, id=75089, id=75090, are not EX179. In 1951 that was EX135 with a supercharged 1,250 cc MG TD engine.
Barney Gaylord

Ah yes...

Shame the scripts of the day don't reflect the names of the actual cars.

I notice one script says X181 not EX181, this makes text searches difficult.

Enjoy !!!
Mark Hester

Interesting in No 1, mechanics wearing ties and looking over rotating engines!
Art Pearse

Excellent old films - but the 1961 Motor Show one shows a 1500 MGA which surely cannot be correct - shouldn't it have the Mk2 by then? cheers Cam
Cam Cunningham

When I play the films with Adobe Flash Player I keep getting a "Loading" message on the screen every few seconds. Image attached.
Why is this? Any cure?
I have a fast broadband connection and other films buffer to 100% then play the film without pausing.


Mick


M F Anderson

Hi Mick,

Yes Adobe products these days try to take over your PC rather like Norton Virus products.

Right click the image and select About adobe flash player xx

I have version 10 :
"You have version 10,0,22,87 installed"

Hope this helps

Mark.
Mark Hester

Mark,
Wonderful films many thanks for sharing them.
Regards
David
D Townshend

great films, I particularly liked the Alpine Rally film. I wish I had the confidence in my car, and my ability to do that.
I had the Adobe problem with only the last two films! Any reasons why?
Nigel Munford

When I was 19 I lived in France and raced for a French cycling team. I got to do many of the bigger races in the Pyrenees and Alps and watching the film of the Alpine Rally reminded me of how frightening the descents were in the mountains ,and that was when the roads were paved! I can't imagine doing those descents on dirt roads in an MGA with bias ply tires. Thanks for the great films,
Matt
MG Grover

Loved the Montlhery one (first film in second post). Driver Frank Wharton managed to take off the rear bumper sometime during the speed test, and then put it back on again before the end of the hour.
Nick

Well, it was a publicity film. I only wonder which part of it was fudged, the bumper on or bumper off scenes (or maybe both). Pretty sure no one had time to change it during the one hour 100 mph test.
Barney Gaylord

Mark
Great films. Thanks for finding them
The text is sometimes quite uninformed! The first of your second batch of four describes a Raleigh Pathfinder (I thought they made bikes!) and an Austin Healy
David
David Marklew

David, it must be an ear infection on your part and a typo on the website. The car is actually a Riley Pathfinder.

Just kidding about the ear infection.
Chuck Schaefer

Mark, have you thought about putting all these clips onto a DVD for sale?..maybe copyright problems?
Gary Lock

Big Copyrights problems I would say and especially as I work for one of the media companies who hold the copyrights.

I should put those links on one of my web pages, but I'm sure others already have.

Good to see there being enjoyed but as I said earlier there are more if you spend the time looking.

The main problem is that the word "MG" does not search well.

Cheers
Mark
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hesterracing/
Mark Hester

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