Be transported through time with this history of transport itself, ending in a hearty plug for Austin cars.

Catch a ride on this whistle-stop tour of transport history via trains, planes and automobiles. This promotional film sponsored by Austin ends with a hearty plug for the latest models of their cars: "Yesterday to buy a car was something of a speculation - today you invest in an Austin".

Interest/advertising. A cursory look at the history of modes of travel ending with an advertisng slogan for Austin cars.

Credits (80). Big Ben. Various shots of cars on British roads (133)(commentary begins). Traffic in Trafalgar Square (138). A railway train
seen from a bridge and travelling on a coastal line (150). Cyclists (167). Two aeroplanes (179). Looking to past methods of travel. A man on foot. Birds alone occupy the air (225). Coach travel. Various shots of a stage-coach in English countryside. Images of highway robbery overlaid. The coach arrives at a pub (363). Victoria Coach Station. Interior shots of coaches waiting. Passengers buy tickets and board the coaches. They leave the station for various destinations. Shots of the coaches on the road. (430). London horse bus (469). London motor buses (493). Reconstruction of the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Footage from July 1, 1925 when Darlington celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the railway (530). A Princess Royal class locomotive leaves Euston Station (539). Southern Region train. Track level montage (561). Various shots of the Coronation class locomotive, "Coronation"(601). A square-rigged ship. Models of early transatlantic boats. The Queen Mary at Southampton. Shots of activities on board during the four day crossing to New York (710). An early biplane in flight. Imperial Airways liner "Horatius" at Croydon. Shots of the flying boat "Caledonia" in the water and flying (764). Men in period
costume on early bicycles. A bone shaker and a penny farthing (820). The motor car is introduced. Man walks in front carrying red flag. He annoys a bull with the flag and is driven away in the car. Cars develop from the early days through the smart limousine to an open four seater saloon (980). The modern car. Various shots of modern Austins on the road. Final slogan: "Yesterday to buy a car was something of a speculation - today you invest in an Austin" (1045).