(10 Apr 2025)
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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 5 April 2025
1. Mike Fowler driving a 1946 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith out from the museum
2. Dash cam view from the moving car
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Fowler, volunteer at the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Museum:
“My name is Mike Fowler, currently we are at the Rolls-Royce Foundation in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I’m one of the monthly volunteers. I am here typically two times a month doing everything from driving the cars, doing small bits of maintenance, cleaning them.”
4. Wide of car driven on the road
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Fowler, volunteer at the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Museum:
“Getting to drive these, it’s just, it’s a huge privilege and I will say it’s part of the preservation of these cars too though, is, is driving them. Cars weren’t designed to sit still for years on end. They need their oil to flow, they need their coolant, all of these lubrications, to, to move around, they need these rubber seals to expand with heat
6. Wide of car driven on the road
7. Wide of Fowler driving
8. Wide of car driven on the road
9. Wide of car moving and Fowler on the rear mirror
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Fowler, volunteer at the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Museum:
“I often wonder if the homes around here know the foundation exists, or if they always just wonder why do we see these vintage Rolls Royce and Bentleys roaming around from time to time.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Holibaugh, head librarian and archivist for the Rolls-Royce Foundation:
“So, the role of the foundation is we’re essentially the caretakers for all of the historical records for every Rolls-Royce and Bentley that has come into North America from 1907 all the way through into the 2000s.”
12. Various of volunteers during the meeting
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Holibaugh, head librarian and archivist for the Rolls-Royce Foundation:
“We rely on the volunteers for almost everything. They are the lifeblood. They are the pulse that keeps the foundation moving. We rely on them for everything from basic admin stuff, to helping us with events, to preservation. They are scanning digitizing records."
14. Various of Holibaugh looking through paper records
15. Pan of a collection of cars at the museum
16. Pulled focus of the Rolls Royce’s bonnet mascot
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17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Holibaugh, head librarian and archivist for the Rolls-Royce Foundation:
“These cars, unlike more everyday cars, they outlast their owners, meaning they will live on long past your ownership has ended. And so, it’s important to keep these records to pass on to the next generation.”
18. Various of volunteers looking at car
19. Various of the garage next to the museum
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20. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Holibaugh, head librarian and archivist for the Rolls-Royce Foundation:
21. Various of cars driven out by volunteers
STORYLINE:
Mike Fowler had been faintly aware that a museum of Rolls-Royce and Bentley vehicles existed near his boyhood home in the suburbs of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but the car enthusiast didn’t expect the experience he got when he started volunteering there.
He had oil on his hands within a half-hour of his first volunteer session at the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Museum. More than a year later, he keeps a list on his phone with notes about cars in the collection to help him get them started properly or disconnect their batteries.
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