Lobby Your Big City Library??

[Leo Bolter]

Now, although this is not strictly a Jowett subject, it may very well have reference to Jowetts within . . . . read on!

I have been lobbying our local library with the suggestion that the "Acquisitions Department" might like to purchase the film archive, as described in the accompanying newspaper article.

I wondered if members would like to do the same with their local libraries as the "hardware" is far too expensive for most individual car enthusiasts to buy for themselves . . . if the Ratepayers paid for it we’d all be able to access the films is my view!

I see there’s some footage of Le Mans in the list of motor sport . . . who knows, there may be Jowetts featured, but even if this is not so, there’ll be much of interest to members of the Jowett fraternity I’m sure
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By the way, I have no connection with the company mentioned in the article.
Cheers. Leo
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Car nuts get their own film archive.


The world's most comprehensive motoring film archive has now been made available for car enthusiasts everywhere.
A British company, Universal Motoring History Limited announced the launch of a major new motoring film archive this week. Its contents can be viewed and owned by car enthusiasts across the globe at

www.auto-history.tv

The archive contains literally thousands individual motoring films dating back 100 years and more, including a number of the earliest known recordings of motorized transport from the end of the 1890s. Many of the films are featuring the subsequent development and evolution of the motor car throughout the 20th Century.

A significant number of the films, most
of which are between two and 10 minutes in length, were previously thought to have been lost or destroyed and have largely remained unseen for more than 50 years.
The complete collection,
which will initially consist of more than 500 films, covers every aspect of motoring history, including the beginning of mass production, world land speed record runs, car commercials, motor shows, new car launches, the evolution of car design, experimental cars, flying cars, famous drivers, stunt driving, unusual military machines and more.

There's also extensive racing footage from Le Mans, Indianapolis, Monte Carlo and many of the other major international motor racing circuits, as well as hill climbs, street racing and stock car racing from around the world.
Car enthusiasts will be able buy a copy of the entire archive outright or individual clips. A selection of five random films from the archive will be available for down load each week for 3.99 (about $NZ10) or, the entire archive of more than 500 films can be purchased on a smart, portable, external computer hard drive, for 199 pounds (about $600), with all the films able to be viewed at full screen quality on any standard computer or TV.
"We are happy to make this epic collection of films available for everybody to enjoy as we believe this will be the first time to view and keep such a large collection of films which show how the motor car was originally developed over 100 years ago and then subsequently evolved throughout the 20th Century," says Richard Green Universal Motoring History's managing director.
Although the quality of some of the older films is, inevitably, not of the standard that most people are used to today. The company has used digital technology to clean and enhance as much of the footage as possible to improve the viewing experience.
Universal Motoring History is a company whose individual personnel have more than 20 years experience of motoring film-making and publishing. The company plans to develop the film archive side of the business further by continuing to acquire more historical motoring films.

From: "The Press" (NZ) of Thursday 12 April 2007
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For the attention of . . . . . . . . . .

For consideration of purchase by the Acquisitions Committee of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . City Library

Date . . . . . . . . . .

[KeithWear]

Well spotted Leo and thanks for the suggestion. I have been in touch with them and am advised that their film list does NOT include any Jowett vehicles. I am always on the look for any Jowett related archive film.

Cheers. Keith