As we’ve noted before, mass transit strikes always make for good carspotting opportunities. In 1962, London experienced a one-day tube strike that caused massive traffic jams, and British Pathe, in typical British Pathe style, focused on some of the more unusual means some Londoners took to get to work.
And while we were cruising British Pathe’s archives on YouTube, we came across this wartime clip discussing Queen (then Princess) Elizabeth II’s experience as an ambulance driver and mechanic. I feel better about the British monarchy knowing there’s a greasemonkey on the throne.