Laurels IV: The 1966 Acropolis Rally / Tomahawk Films ltd.
Features the Works Rootes teams, With Rosemary Smith doing really well. But the film is of the Pathe Newsreel type, not like todays BBC Grandstand covering.
Rootes took part in many sporting events, and recorded their participation by having them filmed in 16mm format. From 1950 onwards they used Stanley Schofield Productions to carry out the filming.
Many Rootes Group films are in the ARCC archive (archivist: David Staff).
The dates shown are the dates the film was registered at the BFI, London and may not be the same as the year of the event.
Mountain Imp. - 1964. - 19 min.
The story of a group of Scottish mountaineers, who use two Imps to travel across Europe to Turkey, climb their selected mountain, then back home - all in a day's work for the two trusty Imps.
Hillman Imp. - 19 min.
Predominantly Linwood factory footage, portraying Imp development, production and testing. Clearly shown aredesign studies, models, full-size clays and pre-production procedures, plus HRH Prince Philip's opening of Linwood and Imp test drive.
Imp. - 40 mins.
Imp Club video title 5 (ref 2027):
Mountian Imp (19 min.)
Hillman Imp (19 min.)
plus advertising inserts.
Young at heart / Glasgow Films; commentary by Cliff Hanley; with Bill Simpson and Elizabeth Yull. - Glasgow: Scottish Screen, 1963. - 24 min. : VHS, PAL. - [Films of Scotland collection]
The development and production of the Hillman Imp motor car at Linwood.
Highland Imp: the 1965 Scottish Rally / an original film from the Rootes Group. - PS Video Productions; in conjunction with the ARCC and the STAR, 1990. - vol. 23
26 min.s; VHS. - Ref 1023
The usual Imp promotional shots are folowed by a look back to Imp successes in 1964 and 1965. However the bulk of the film covers the 1965 Scottish rally.
Schofield, S.
Miss Smith and her Imp: the 1965 Alpine Rally / Stanley Schofield; an original film from the Rootes Group. - PS Video Productions; in conjunction with the ARCC and the STAR, 1990. - vol. 22
19 min.s; VHS. - Ref 1022
Record Breaking Imp. - 1966. - 23-25 minutes
It opens with some Imp factory production shots, then goes on to review the Rootes-supported rally and endurance events of 1965 and 1966, to demonstrate to Imp's reliability and ruggedness. Examples are Florida to Alaska in a week; Oslo to Spain and back; etc. All with standard vehicles. Rosemary Smith is competing in various of the shown rallies.
Monte Carlo Imp. - 1967. - 22 minutes
The Monte Carlo Rally of 1967 (includes Tiger)
North American Imp. - 1967
Rootes Dealer Briefing Filmstrips. - Rootes Group, 1963 February.
A sales pack to give information to dealers on the new Hillman Imp. Contained a 12" 33rpm record and two 35mm filmstrips (for a filmstrip projector). The strip runs for 30 minutes with about 170 slides (photos, graphics, cartoons).
Imp 66 Briefing. - Rootes Group, 1966 February
A record with filmstrips.
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