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Graham Hill Describes A Lap Of Monaco

Ben Branch May 24, 2015
  • British
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Vintage

At the time of writing we’re a few hours away from the start of the 2015 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix – a race…

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Legends of F1: John Surtees

Ben Branch May 20, 2015
  • British
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

I’ve come across a disconcertingly significant number of motorcyclists in recent weeks who don’t know who John Surtees is, so I spent this afternoon…

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Group B: The Ultimate Rally

Ben Branch May 17, 2015
  • Films
  • Racing
  • Rally

Group B: The Ultimate Rally is one of the better documentaries about the golden era of rally, one of the reasons it’s so good…

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So They All Hover Now

Ben Branch May 10, 2015
  • British
  • Films
  • Retro

So They All Hover Now is a film from the early years of the hovercraft, when the sky was the limit and many thought…

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How To Fly The P-51B Mustang

Ben Branch May 3, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Military
  • Planes

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane is a WWII film designed as a preliminary How To guide for pilots, mechanics and other ground crew….

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American Dreaming: Detroit’s Re-Discovered Golden Era Designs

Ben Branch April 29, 2015
  • American
  • Art
  • Design
  • Films

American Dreaming is an upcoming feature length documentary about the long lost designs from the golden era of Detroit – it was company policy…

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Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford

Ben Branch April 26, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Le Mans
  • Shelby
  • Vintage

Carroll Shelby Goes Racing With Ford is a 1965 film presented by Carroll Shelby and featuring the likes of Pete Brock, Ken Miles and…

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Men Bet Their Lives on It – Packard Merlin Engines

Ben Branch April 19, 2015
  • American
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Military

Men Bet Their Lives on It is a 20 minute Packard-produced documentary from the post-WWII era about their version of the Merlin engine –…

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The Concorde Story

Ben Branch April 5, 2015
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • French
  • Planes

The Concorde Story is a vintage documentary about the development of the world’s first supersonic airliner, it was filmed during the early, heady days…

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Guy Martin’s Spitfire

Ben Branch March 29, 2015
  • British
  • Films
  • Military
  • Planes

Guy Martin’s Spitfire is a British documentary about the recovery and rebuild of a rare MK1 Spitfire from the French beach where it was…

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Documentary: Scrambling For It

Ben Branch March 22, 2015
  • British
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Scrambling For It is a late ’60s film about the popular and rapidly growing scramble races that were popping up around the country, the…

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Tron Light Cycle

Ben Branch March 18, 2015
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

When it comes to motorcycles on the silver screen, there are very few bikes more famous than the Tron Light Cycle. It first made…

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