The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World (1913)

[hamster700]

grt footage

[charlesalber]

Outs ofs mys ways please! I's ams a motorist!

[isaveu]

Even back then people with money spent it foolishly .

[DEROUGET]

Note the reference to '100 years peace' - seemingly a reference to the Anglo/American war. So ironic cosidering that they were on the eve of the greatest bloodbath the world had ever known.

[atreewithnolife]

A SCARY BUT AMAZING PIECE OF FILM.

[cashdoggplayer]

PWN!!!!!!!  0:32

[RWBHere]

He was driving around the bumps, oil, horse manure, etc., so as to keep the car clean and in pristine condition for a royal delivery.

[jeff61813]

you could see a traction engine for just a second in that film

[PerlitaHabanera]

the kids drove better than the adult, he was giving too many zing-zags.

[jalene150]

Wow did everyone wear a suit back then

[670Kiester]

Hi, anyone know if there is a similar organisation to the BFI

But,

American?

Im severely interested in America

of the 30's to 50's

Cheers

[BFIfilms]

Hi there

The American Film Institute (AFI) has a comprehensive website which should be of interest.

Best wishes

BFIfilms

[Choowbz]

Just found out it was electric and will be on show from September 17 in the ballroom of the Queen's Hotel, Crystal Palace, south London

the Baby Cadillac was capable of about 15 miles on one charge at speeds of up to 12mph.

Bought for £62 by Queen Alexandra. Though still owned by the Norwegian royal family, it is on permanent loan to the Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo which has agreed to its appearance in England.

Brum comes home.

[34airflow]

@Choowbz That's funny. As I watched this I thought, it must be an electric car as I don't know how small child would be able to drive it. Good stuff!

[Egberdien64]

Is this small Cadillac BRUM or not?

[CurtisWildebeest]

I liked the shadow of the 'cameraman', doing the camera by hand.. :) At least he didn't have to worry about the batteries running out.. or memory space.. :) :)

[applecounty]

The Infomation Officer at the Norwegian Embassy in London, informs me that the car is in the Museum of Science & Technology, Oslo.

[lauriebooth]

Thank's for the info. Great that the car is still with us.

[smuckerlingos]

health and saftey!!!

[applecounty]

Please, please! I've just had my tea.

We should be protected from Health and Saety as a concept, it is dangerous.

[smuckerlingos]

couldnt agree more, health and saftey? I laugh in the face of health and saftey...!

[frow9405]

This car puts the kid cars of the 80's to shame.

[80stimeagain]

At 5:13, you can see the shadow of someone turning the reel of the camera.

[imCheran]

I wish I was born this time

[rumblefishyt]

"100 years of peace" it says between the two flags at the end. A year later the British and Germans were shelling the crap out of each other. If only they'd known beforehand. They could have smuggled Archduke Franz Ferdinand out of Bosnia with a cunning plan involving a baby Cadillac driven by a midget, and saved millions of lives.

[ZINZIN77]

1903 two horse drawn carriages, by 1913 vehicles petrol driven, share carriageway.

[Brandtalones]

That woman at the door tells in her face what I am thinking: how could children small enough to fit this car have the proper judgement to drive it?

Oh, the unexcelled optimism of the Industrial Age!

[HectorandSmokey]

Absolutely amazing. Thank heavens films like this survive to remember times gone by.

[lauriebooth]

Excellent tracking and paning of the hand cranked cine camera. Also loved the under cranking oof the camera for the police chase scene. Love to know what happened to the car.

[applecounty]

Perhaps someone should ask the Norwegian Royal Family. You never know there may be a member reading this?

[lauriebooth]

It would be great to find this car.

[applecounty]

I have emailed the Norwegian Embassy in London with the link. You never know they may be able to suggest a line of enquiry.

[lauriebooth]

Great,fingers crossed

[slipperydick123]

great stuff!!! 5:15 you can see the shadow of the camara man winding the film..I love these old films, thanks.....

[xyzllii]

Another gem...thanks for that !

[mslaerik]

i wonder what became of this little car

[mikkifly]

lol at that kid falling

[IconOfSin88]

Now that's bad-ass. I'm so jealous. :D

[Y55MAC]

Thats better than the car I had when I was a Kid! The last shot with a sign saying 100 years of peace was a thinking point - it was just 1 year before the start of WW1.

[OccidentalSoapbox]

I believe it might have a different meaning. Notice that the American and British flags are together. It might be referring to 100 years of peace between THOSE two countries since the War of 1812.

[azulo65]

Very entertaining!

[zoylex]

0:33 xD

[ronoc9]

Vintage fail, lol

[petro1986]

Now all I want to do is build a miniture Defender :D