Matchbox Toy Cars: How They Are Made (1965) | British Pathé

Check out the process of how Matchbox toy cars were made in 1965 at the Matchbox cars factory in Hackney, London.
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(FILM ID: 315.05)
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Hackney, London.
Begins with fabulous shots of model cars and trucks on a moving conveyor belt. Looks like a surreal motorway with brightly coloured cars moving along it. Traffic a go-go!
Matchbox Cars factory. Shots of men at their drawing boards designing Matchbox models. C/Us of prototypes being created - tiny parts are painted then a wooden prototype is created. Mould is made then scaled down. Man operates a pantograph - cutting a mould. Various shots of cars being made. They are then placed on a conveyor belt and are spun around as they are sprayed by a paint machine. C/Us of wheels being applied and women working on a conveyor belt adding small details like clip in seats.
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[@shankarbalan3813]

Before computers this was some really first class serious art and engineering! Hats off to these craftsmen!

[@1olddirtroad]

I have the models of yesteryear. Quality

[@BuschWhackerReviews]

Lol at 1:30 , car down This is very awesome to see how these classic matchbox cars were produced, so much better then the ones we have today

[@StephanSandiares]

"I'm freeeee!!!"

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

your right toys today are s**t

[@sifirid]

BuschWhacker Reviews I have this exact one still in box. Red

[@stepaushi]

@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 you're

[@connormeechan5784]

Was a car body on top of a body by the looks of it

[@aztecbottomfish]

I recently picked up about 20 of these old 1960s cars at a thrift store and they are AWESOME !!!!!! Especially like the 2 Dump trucks with working hydraulics. This video is SO COOL too ........ LOVE the little spinning cars getting painted and the HIP MAN music.

[@Alex-ko1xr]

Miss the old Matchbox cars. Matchbox cars today isn't good as when they are manufactured in UK.

[@petergoodwin2465]

@Oliver Viehland Australia has nothing but Chinese junk, looks crap and is crap. Just like everything from China, best to pay a little more and buy western made but that's nearly impossible these days.

[@honestguy7764]

Peter Goodwin Even Siku, another top notch german manufacturer is made in china now altough with quality, same as when matchbox moved the production to Macau

[@f.mitterrand]

Its bc its owned by mattel now, not by lesney anymore :'(

[@nickyum4022]

I mean why are the matchbox cars back then more detailed than the ones now?

[@f.mitterrand]

@@nickyum4022 back then they actually cared for the toys they make, now all they care about is money.. That's why they don't care about the details anymore

[@mh53j]

Still have most of mine, at least the ones my little brother didn't lose after I went to college! Still have the Hoveringham tipper and that large crane pictured; also several British military vehicles, including Saracen and Saladin. Every time my grandparents came to visit they would bring me one. Can remember that clearly even though was 50+ years ago

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Those dang siblings, they got all my original collection of match box and hot wheels from the the beginning of both, those carriers full you know,the folding suitcase one of matchbox with the blue plastic sliding holders and about four big hot wheels ones shaped like wheels ! Damn it !

[@lg5819]

It’s hard to believe matchbox cars came from a working class factory in Hackney once upon a time, when today Hackney is a gentrified paradise for the rich. I just wished a wealthy british entrepreneur would invest in die-cast toy cars today, and make them in Britain to revive our forgotten toy industry. Matchbox cars, from the design phase to completion was a team effort. The skills involved, and the passion to make a quality British toy made me proud when I was a child in the 70s, and saw Made in Gt Britain or Made in England as well embossed on the toy cars I use to own all those years ago. Nowadays, everything is made in China and it doesn’t feel the same.

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

@lg5819 As an American I hear you, It's same here in the U.S. too, Theres only two toy companies left, HASBRO and MATTEL. the little and mid sized toy companies have either merged out of existence or just went bust.

[@kjamison5951]

It’s unlikely to happen and it’s down to cost. Setting up a factory and staffing it at minimum wage for skilled operators rising to engineers in the design department would result in expensive for cast models. Even producing the parts elsewhere and assembling them in the UK is costly per unit. And there’s the attitude towards this type of work from people today. Not everyone is happy to have a repetitive job. Where would it be located?

[@MrDavey2010]

They were great toy cars. I loved them.

[@ashratempel5094]

All i can say is....Wow!!!

[@urbexeireann6730]

I have an example of that exact model they are designing in the first half hahaha

[@bladder1010]

Me too!

[@PU8698]

I have the 2 tone green one seen at the very beginning. Edit: Just to add, the green car has been with us since new. It was my dads Toy car. it's still in decent shape, just some minor paint chips and scratches.

[@G0RSHK0V]

I have this yellow truck 0:06

[@bladder1010]

We should all start a club.

[@Eagerston]

Nostalgic

[@rzeberdorlysznumberone979]

My oldest Matchbox toy from 1969 is Y-5 Peugeot 1907. Very good quality metal toy. I see on this short movie (here 1:38) the same wheels used in my Peugeot 1907 🤗😲😏😀

[@flipflopsguy8868]

Mine is #19 in the series LOTUS RACE CAR #3 minus the tires and driver i did love this car and after all I was only five years old. I had a lot more before HOT WHEELS came along and well I did have three younger brothers.

[@Car_and_classic_lover]

Brilliant footage intresting to see how they were made

[@LS-zx6xu]

I set fire to the ones from the 2000's that I have found but I found some from the 60's which I will keep

[@boneyween]

lmao

[@gerhardnigl8253]

I'm lucky. I have a little collection with around 100 models from the sixtees and early seventees😁

[@drakea.5816]

That's cool. Worth a small fortune one of these days.

[@pizzapixel9148]

That's cool

[@oscarosullivan4513]

How good is the quality vs todays models

[@asagoodfriend]

Man what an amazing thing to watch!🌟💯

[@harshabiliangady3211]

WOW I'd have loved to work there.

[@thevozhd9846]

The pay would've been ridiculously low..... You would starve....

[@johnnymichael1804]

@@thevozhd9846 actually no. See, we didn't have MASSIVE inflation back then. People could work jobs like that and still live relatively comfortably. Of course they didn't have Netflix subscriptions. IPhone plans. Hulu and Disney plus. And they probably didn't drink $10 Starbucks coffees everyday, either.

[@ayrinaaini5018]

Its nice to the production inside a matchbox factory....really exciting.

[@victoraguilarl3605]

Yep

[@oscarosullivan4513]

What was the matchbox factory

[@dnatal09]

I miss my vintage Matchbox cars, those Ford Model T models to be exact.

[@bluecatdiecast7520]

Awesome!!

[@HalfAMind]

You know lately I’ve been seeing a lot of old videos on KZbin. 🤔 where do they all come from ?

[@hideouslyugly]

Shame the video ended abruptly, I was enjoying that. I've got the set of those models of yesteryear. I was going to a shop near Greenwich park, and they were £5.00 each, I wanted 8, so took £40 with me, cycled from Brockley se4, and lost all the money on the way, and didn't realise until I got to the shop! This was the 1980s by the way, so £40 to me was a lot.I was gutted losing that much!

[@spacecadet7113]

@@DAquingil Gil, thanks. You commented on the End just 16 hours ago. _ I just saw this. - THANKS, - Your a genius. - Ohio.

[@spacecadet7113]

Mark, just saw that Mr. Gil sent us all a bit of priceless information. - If you find the whole video. Please respond back to him, I would like to know how it turned out. - I am going to search for it right now. Best regards. - Ohio.

[@StrayGuard]

0:19 omg i have one of this since i was a kid and i didnt even knew what i had, i dndt even knew thet toy was so old

[@lefterisgeorgiou4424]

I've got for of them in their boxes!

[@lefterisgeorgiou4424]

Four...

[@Zagoreni02A]

When you watch this old videos, you get nostalgic, these old models are far far better quality then today stuff. Only premium brands can achieve quality those who make smaller numbers of 1000-3000 thousand per model.

[@sevenseries6497]

Who would have thought this would be a million dollar industry! 😁😍👍

[@luizaugusto935]

1:48 The Pat & Mat Convertible.

[@Orc-icide]

You upload this.... but not the whole thing... why?

[@GunsNGames1]

British Pathe what do you expect

[@TherealLorinser]

Toys back in the day is literally made by bare hands and made out of pure iron or metal unlike today's plastic fragile toy cars.

[@mr.tropical7116]

No I’m pretty sure they are made by human hands

[@jothishprabu8]

*bare hands lmao

[@TherealLorinser]

@@jothishprabu8 yeah I'll fix it now hahha

[@crist67mustang]

I remember a tv commercial ending 70s saying _Matchbox 75 models,_ this British Pathé footage is lovely, amazing, when things were made throw a mould thanks to a man hability, and not throw a computer software. ©1965/2021 Greetings to all United Kingdomians watchers. 🐵 Cristian, Santiago de Chile, SouthAmerica.

[@kjamison5951]

I have more than a thousand. Some are my own from childhood and some I bought with the intention to refurbish them. I’ve had some success and recreated boxes for a new collector at a reduced price but I have a long way to go.

[@pedaldiba]

Magical era

[@FasterTheDragster]

very cool! I wonder how they make them now

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

they get a mold BAM they crush plastic into it and BAM again cut the extra plastic and KABOOM adds wheels and heres the toy all from a factory

[@gamalat122]

Watch china pathe

[@mexstudios6753]

So old and cool:)

[@carsthetoygarage8191]

Great film, these classic diecast cars just have something that modern diecast is lacking, perhaps being designed by Humans verses a CAD Computer ?

[@cappuccinoowl559]

No, quality fell because of companies doing what they want to save money while producing more.

[@travitzzz]

Excelente

[@crackmaster6981]

I want to collect them all now

[@yesmybagel2751]

The end feels like there is a comedic catch to it

[@royalanania3306]

Lovely 💐😝

[@kair6284]

Вот когда было качество и детям радость ! Сейчас всё гонят из Китая .

[@viagenscomvinicius]

Muuuuuch better than nowadays haha

[@samueldeandrade9058]

❤fábrica de sonhos

[@rampage3390]

Hmm, i would love to have these

[@bengreenhotwheelsandvideos9805]

Yea me too wish hot wheels would give us a look at how they make their cars

[@diecastbr]

Great video! Can we use it to create a Portuguese version?

[@ashpine9893]

I want one of these

[@Elitist20]

I had a box set of vintage cars that included the red (0:10) and green (1:35) ones seen here!

[@osmantikoos]

Have 1 Lesney parkard landaulet 1912 The red antique car in this video

[@alantandazoecuador6726]

Bonito carros

[@whiteonggoy7009]

I used to buy one every week with my pocket money 1/6d each....

[@ronpdf2084]

show!

[@ADAPTATION7]

So this is how little cars are made.

[@harrybriscoe7948]

Those old fashion cars were still selling in the 1960s 50 years later

[@christophewilliot9728]

J ai plein de matchbox trop belle

[@stillontherun6951]

Wow! Imagine working that slow these days! would be fired by the end of the week!

[@Relax0kay]

Every male in the 19th and 20th century had great hair. How did they do that?

[@javierhernandez6113]

Yo amo los carritos a escala.

[@theDARKempror]

One car fell down on the right at 1:28

[@sauraroy1346]

i want them

[@user2861]

0:42 Is that a Carpenter??

[@ryohaibala]

素晴らしいクオリティ！

[@TheTrollMastah]

Led paint?

[@vinnie_2000]

I have a chevy 57 bel air still in the box

[@meyawabdulaziz3863]

she is gorgeous @1:15

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

she died man

[@AnoNiMuse]

@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 lol

[@spencer6735]

Rip blue car 😢

[@aviationmd]

0:00 kinda looks like a highway

[@ktcworks]

Lesley is the Matchbox.

[@LoneSoldier69]

Ill operate the packaging thank you

[@lepaul26]

What was the price of one in those days ? If you would make them now, like that, they woud cost a fortune due to the manual labour cost ...

[@adamcarlo7666]

Toys being made in a Western nation? That must have been an alternate universe Earth!

[@zymbaluknik8093]

What?

[@adamcarlo7666]

@@zymbaluknik8093 You obviously didn't get my sarcasm concerning globalization.

[@JezreylIanGReyes]

i have the cars that they exacty show us its from my grandpa du u guys think i should sell it

[@ricardolivi9158]

"Os adultos choram para as crianças sorrirem"

[@davesstuff1599]

Nice to see Not made in China.

[@familyvideos4989]

Waah

[@Li0niii]

Please give me all of them lol

[@skyisthelimit4306]

They toy cars are old but ours is not old toy cars

[@ricardosantossantossilva2331]

👍🇧🇷

[@nissafors]

high tech car manufacturing at that time...

[@lackodhr.5303]

🤗❤️👍

[@mickparker3726]

Is that Pee Wee Herman at the drawing board?

[@jozefbania]

More advenced than any pakistani factory today.

[@mahmudafiya6705]

For me match box car is better than hot wheels i know matchbox cars are expensive but it worthit

[@saysria7093]

the good old days when china did not know how to manufacture things by exploited labour

[@georgeshelton6281]

Too bad that they're not 1/24th die cast metal models.

[@windowsvistasuxalot]

Was that pee wee Herman at :15 sec in?

[@theants513]

:)

[@superflag8982]

Sad part is, all the people in the video is probaly dead :(

[@heronumbertwo3171]

At least they enjoyed and cherished these toys. Now, toy cars are pretty much overhyped, cheap and low-quality compared to these

[@MarceloRodrigues-ff6vc]

Lead toys for children to play all day long. Not even the worker touch the material without gloves... lol

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

They weren't lead

[@MarceloRodrigues-ff6vc]

@@AlexBabcock-hw9iz What where they made of?

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

@@MarceloRodrigues-ff6vc you're right there was a bit of lead in the metal of very early castings. And even much later lead paints were used. That's a problem even today on some toys made in China.

[@deyaboy8456]

Nadie: Vintage Hot wheels es mejor

[@igorfreitas2841]

🇵🇹

[@FilipinoFurry]

🇰🇵

[@igorfreitas2841]

@@FilipinoFurry 🇵🇹🤝🇰🇵

[@FilipinoFurry]

XD

[@Whatsthepoint6667]

So many women working on toys for boys 😮...I'm sure the men where working in Barbie factories back then😂

[@themechbuilder6171]

2021 plastic matchbox....

[@robharding4028]

Impressive dinky production line,

[@grguy793]

This is all China now. What have we done?

[@Chernobypi67]

Matchbox now is only garbage

[@JamesOversteer]

Greed ruined everything. As usual.