1952 Film Short "Vauxhall Foreman."

In the early 1950s, American filmmakers made series of shorts to illustrate how the UK was recovering after the war. This example features aspects of the life of a Vauxhall foreman, Cecil Pattenden. In the film we see a good number of Luton landmarks – Stopsley in particular. The pub, corner shop, church, Dunstable Downs, the train station to name but a few.

Thanks to Cecil’s son Steve Pattenden for drawing this film to our attention.