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From: Willy Eckerslyke on 28 Nov 2008 07:57 Theo Markettos wrote: > Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote: >> Strikes me that someone with too much time on their hands could set up a >> database of car registrations spotted in old films, magazines, etc. >> Shouldn't take more than about ten years to populate it, then anyone >> could do a search and see if their old banger happened to be parked in >> the background of On the Buses or whatever. > > Been done, well without the registrations bit: > http://www.imcdb.org/ Kewl! Bookmarked, thanks.
From: Willy Eckerslyke on 28 Nov 2008 07:58 Adrian wrote: > Theo Markettos <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying: > >>> Strikes me that someone with too much time on their hands could set up >>> a database of car registrations spotted in old films, magazines, etc. >>> Shouldn't take more than about ten years to populate it, then anyone >>> could do a search and see if their old banger happened to be parked in >>> the background of On the Buses or whatever. > >> Been done, well without the registrations bit: http://www.imcdb.org/ > > Since a lot of filming uses fake plates, the registrations don't make > that much difference anyway. I doubt if they bothered with fake plates back in the sixties and seventies, and certainly not for background vehicles or passers by.
From: Steve Firth on 28 Nov 2008 09:31 Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> wrote: > Adrian wrote: > > Theo Markettos <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> gurgled happily, > > sounding much like they were saying: > > > >>> Strikes me that someone with too much time on their hands could set up > >>> a database of car registrations spotted in old films, magazines, etc. > >>> Shouldn't take more than about ten years to populate it, then anyone > >>> could do a search and see if their old banger happened to be parked in > >>> the background of On the Buses or whatever. > > > >> Been done, well without the registrations bit: http://www.imcdb.org/ > > > > Since a lot of filming uses fake plates, the registrations don't make > > that much difference anyway. > > I doubt if they bothered with fake plates back in the sixties and > seventies, and certainly not for background vehicles or passers by. Finding old aircraft is usually easy. I was surprised to be able to find a Hercules and a helicopter used in Dr Who on t'web simply by typing their tail numbers into Google.
From: jayneh on 28 Nov 2008 10:08
Adrian;440699 Wrote: > Theo Markettos theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying: > -- > Strikes me that someone with too much time on their hands could set > up > a database of car registrations spotted in old films, magazines, etc. > Shouldn't take more than about ten years to populate it, then anyone > could do a search and see if their old banger happened to be parked > in > the background of On the Buses or whatever.-- > - > Been done, well without the registrations bit: 'IMCDb.org: Home page' > (http://www.imcdb.org/)- > > Since a lot of filming uses fake plates, the registrations don't make > that much difference anyway. Well the film makers of the Queen should have contacted 'Registration number search results' (http://www.speedyreg.co.uk/results.php?search=ELZ+11), they have ELZ 11 which would have been a nice extra on her vehicle. -- jayneh |