A film from the Jowett Car Club collection that chronicles the club's annual rally of Jowett Automobiles including famous models such as 'Jupiter' and 'Spirit'. The cars were first built in 1906 by a small engineering firm based in Bradford owned by brothers William and Benjamin Jowett. In 1954 production stopped, but these classic cars have not disappeared as they have been entered in both national and international car rallies such as this club rally taking place in...

A film from the Jowett Car Club collection that chronicles the club's annual rally of Jowett Automobiles including famous models such as 'Jupiter' and 'Spirit'. The cars were first built in 1906 by a small engineering firm based in Bradford owned by brothers William and Benjamin Jowett. In 1954 production stopped, but these classic cars have not disappeared as they have been entered in both national and international car rallies such as this club rally taking place in Bristol. The scene opens on a flyer for the rally which reads: Jowett Car Club National Rally Bristol May 23rd/24th 1981. In the next scene the camera is on one side of a road looking across to a field with cows; there is a sign for the rally beside the field. The camera pans to look down the road where some cars are headed. This is followed by a shot of a sign for `The Post House Hotel,' and beside that a sign, there is one pointing the way to the rally. A classic car drives along the road from the opposite direction and drives into the show ground in front of the camera. The driver waves. Following this are shots from the exhibition ground where a large, white tent has been erected and people wander in and out. More cars and visitors arrive at the grounds. There is a zoomed in shot of the exhibition tent and the merchandise that is on sale in it including `auction spares'. Men, women and children of all ages can be seen wandering about. There are a row of classic cars in one section of the grounds. The owners open the side bonnets and work on the engines, they clean and shine their cars and sit into them to check everything is in order. One man puts on a pair of gloves and begins to vigorously polish the grill on the front of his car. In another section of the exhibition, there is a line-up of older cars that are being cleaned and polished. The car owners chat to each other as they work and some of them look at the other cars. There are a few brief shots taken from inside the exhibition tent looking out to the visitors who are browsing around the stalls. In the next scene it has started to rain and a man in an anorak directs cars around the car park of the exhibition grounds. Again there are shots of the numerous cars lined up and the final checks that are being carried out on them. The inspectors make their way around the line-up of 1940s-style cars. They look at the engines and the wheels and write on their clip boards. There is a shot of the timetable of events and then it cuts to the inside of the exhibition tent where the auction of spare parts is underway. A man holds items over his head and talks to the crowd.