ATV Today: 29.04.1977: Metric Petrol Station

Summary

Hope Valley Petrol Station at Minsterley in Shropshire is the first Midlands petrol station to go metric by selling petrol at 20p a litre.

Year:

1977

Duration:

0:00:40

Film type:

Colour / Mute

Genre:

Television News

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Views of Elf petrol station at Minsterley in Shropshire with signs indicating that it is the first in Shropshire to go metric (selling petrol by the litre rather than gallon). A customer driving a Citroen pulls up and petrol is dispensed by an attendant (+ 1.20 trims).

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