British Motor Corp, owners of the Mini, refused to donate any cars for "The Italian Job" (1969). The chief of Fiat Motors offered to donate all of the cars needed, including Fiat 500s in place of the Minis. Peter Collinson, the director of the movie decided that, as it was a very British movie, the cars should be British Minis.
Fiat still donated scores of cars for filming, as well as the factory grounds. The authorities refused to close the roads, but the Italian Mafia stepped in and shut whole sections of Turin down for filming. The traffic jams in this movie are real, as are people's actions during them.
(Source: IMDb)
P.S: On this day, 56 years ago, "The Italian Job" (1969) premiered in London, UK.
The US Navy currently has 17 ships laid up because we don’t have enough US Merchant Mariners
And a BIG reason why is the underfunded USCG is guilty of massive credentialing delays.
This is probably a more important story than shipbuilding 👇
If you think USPS isn't tracking all the ballots they've been delivering for 2 days now, the routes, the times they pick them up and where they deliver them to, and logging it all with their GPS?
You don't understand what's about to happen.
GPS is admissible in court. :)
SITUATION DETECTED: Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 reactor has achieved initial criticality at Idaho National Laboratory, what the U.S. Department of Energy is calling one of the most significant technological achievements in nuclear energy in over 40 years.
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal Securities and Exchange Commission can recover money that companies and individuals gained illegally, even if the agency is unable to prove that investors suffered a financial loss, per NYT
When I visit South Dakota at the end of the month, I’m looking to hire field staff.
If Senate Majority Leader Thune won’t give us the SAVE America Act,
he will have a Texas-sized primary in 2028.
I’ll also be meeting with donors to fund this statewide operation.