End Piece to Opus One: The Car goes Home

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Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

End Piece to Opus One: The Car goes Home

The Box
Braunton
1955-01-01
Mute
1m

Eddie takes to the lanes in his old car around Braunton

This 1950s film shows Eddie in his vintage car charging around the lanes of Braunton, North Devon. The comedy sketch was originally set to the music Opus No. 1. Opus One was composed in 1943 by Melvin James Sy Oliver and made hugely popular by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1944. This film is part of the Coward Collection.

We are told about the state of the car in the second title: She was ancient worn and tattered And she had no youth to lend. But with Eddie at the wheel, She was game, Sir to the end.

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