Among the vehicles shown is Walthamstow’s “Bremer Car” from the 1890s, the first proper British car. Although dated 1966, the principal action is from the 1964 Lord Mayor’s Parade. The film was shot by Haringey’s Davis family and found and donated by the new owner of the Davis family house. Then comes proud film of the Davis’s own motor – a Ford Consul – followed by London’s Christmas lights, the Post Office Tower and Winston Churchill’s January 1965 funeral. This was a celebration of British motoring and classic British cars and drivers – from James Bond to Graham Hill – feature in the parade.
We see shots of a rainy West End and Thames Embankment – Waterloo Bridge is in the background – before we head to the 1964 Lord Mayor’s Show.
