Tailor Made, Record Breaking Car (1958)

Abingdon, River Thames and Utah, North America. M, S of a small model of a futuristic looking sports car inside a metal wind tunnel. In the background there is a large fan and hanging above the model car is a piece of wood with strips of paper dangling from it. A man is bending over the model to make final adjustments, another man stands behind him. A third man flicks large switches on a bulky grey panel the controls to the large fan. C, U of the fan as it begins to turn. C, U of the model and the strips of paper as they quiver in the wind from the fan. C, U of a man carefully adjusting the controls. C, U of the fan. C, U of the front of the model. This test is part of the elaborate preparations of a land speed record breaking attempt. The wind tunnel tests the aerodynamics of the car s shape. M, S of a work shop. Two man in brown coats are fitting the last silver panel to the body of the sports car similar in design to the wind tunnel model. They are building what they hope will be th