Britain's last surviving mobile cinema, one of only seven commissioned by Ministry of Technology in 1967 to visit factories promoting new technology.
One of only seven commissioned by Ministry of Technology in 1967 to visit factories promoting new technologies. Owned by Transport Trust until 1975 then sat in Essex field in for 14 years until rescued by former owner in Somerset. Ollie Halls and Emma Giffard bought it in 2005 for just £1,200 and spent £35,000 and five years on total restoration. Since then it has toured the country showing vintage footage and even starred in TV and radio programmes. Re-united with lost trailer after 23 years thanks to call 'out of the blue' - which had been being used as a wood shop. Now on sale on eBay for £120,000 as parents no longer have time to run the cinema which has 'taken over our lives' They toured the country with the classic bus which became a celebrity, starring alongside Melvyn Bragg in a 20-part BBC2 series 'The Reel History of Britain and in 'George Clarke's Amazing Spaces'. It's one of just seven mobile cinemas originally commissioned by the Ministry of Technology in 1967, to promote British industry as a global leader by visiting factories to show films about modernisation. With a plastic perspex bubble at the front and a Tardis-like interior with a 26-seater cinema inside, the Bedford SB3 looked like something from the future as they toured the country promoting the 'white heat of technology' Read more: #ixzz4bNqjznWR Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Size: 4653px × 3619px
Location: ExCel, London, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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