https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a56dde2d-77fb-45b9-b16f-def52e6c044e Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com "Hillman on Safari" is a car advertisement for Hillman cars that takes the form of a reportage on the East African Safari Rally of 1962. A rally is a motorsport competition that often involves days of racing across challenging and potentially dangerous terrain. The East African Safari Rally began in 1953 and is considered one of the world's most difficult races. The film was produced by the Rootes Group, who manufactured Hillman cars, in 1962. The car shown features an Audax body and is likely a IIIc. The Hillman Minx was a mid-sized family car that British car maker Hillman produced from 1931 to 1970. There were many versions of the Minx over that period, as well as badge-engineered variants sold by Humber, Singer, and Sunbeam. (00:09) The Rootes Group presents Hillman on Safari (00:32) Mount Kenya, the second-highest peak in Africa (01:00) Nairobi, the capital of Kenya (01:19) The crowds gather for the start of the East African Rally (01:33) The map shows the route which runs from Nairobi to Kampala then back to Nairobi, then south into Tanganyika and Dar es-Salaam, then Mombasa before a finish in Nairobi. The course is over 3000 miles long and is incredibly difficult to navigate. (02:44) The cars average a speed of 50 miles per hour. (03:19) Drivers replace the car's tires (05:10) The Ugandan countryside (05:17) The Hillman navigates through the difficult country roads towards Kampala (06:31) It reverses through a challenging section (07:17) Crowds watch the race (07:52) People carry water (08:19) A view from the car's windshield (10:09) The cars wind their way to the summit (11:07) The drivers arrive in Kampala, Uganda (11:20) Dawn rises as the cars head towards Nairobi for the second leg (11:57) A storm challenges the drivers in Tanganyika (12:53) A police truck is stuck in the mud and needs to be pushed out (14:59) A giraffe near the road (16:28) Smaller cars led the way into Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania (16:53) Spectacular sunsets along the route (17:53) Arrival in Mombasa, Kenya (18:10) Crowds await the arrival (18:22) The Hillman drivers head towards the finish in Nairobi (19:07) A pit stop for mechanical issues (22:28) The Hillman drivers near the finish line (22:42) Crowds gather in Nairobi to welcome the 46 finishers (23:22) Jennings and Greenley win the race in the Hillman Minx (23:58) Another Hillman car arrives and gets a second class win Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GD9RlWDMCE Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:16:01 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/a56dde2d-77fb-45b9-b16f-def52e6c044e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.