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Film Number

3871

Title

HOW TO PASS YOUR DRIVING TEST WITHOUTH (sic) REALLY TRYING

Producer

Sir John Deane's College Film Unit

Date

1965-6

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

7 mins 04 secs

Description

Comedy made by students at Sir John Deane College involving an incompetent attempt to pass a driving test. The candidate's transgressions include speeding, failing to signal, reckless driving and kerbcrawling during the test. Nevertheless, he succeeds in passing by bribing the examiner, only to crash and destroy his car on a patch of waste ground.

 

 



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