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THINGS ARE BAD IN GERMANY

Things Are Bad In Germany (1931)

People in Berlin hand in second hand clothes for the unemployed.

LATEST ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER FOR CANADA

Latest Electrical Transformer For Canada (1937)

Massive electrical transformer build for Canadian...

HEAVY GEAR

Heavy Gear (1940)

Heavy tracked vehicles and light tanks are put through their paces over heavy ground.

HEAVY MACHINE GUNS IN ACTION

Heavy Machine Guns In Action (1941)

Machine Gun Battalion of North Country Regiment on mass exercise...

36 TON BOILER FALLS OFF LORRY

36 Ton Boiler Falls Off Lorry (1938)

A 36 ton boiler sits in the middle of the street after falling...

NO SHORTAGE HER !

No Shortage Her ! (1939)

Footage of sugar beat being loaded into lorries and taken to factories.

CATCH OF THE SEASON

Catch Of The Season (1953)

A giant whale (kept fresh by refrigeration) goes on show in Paris.

 

 

MONSTER LORRYLOAD

Monster Lorryload (1955)

A 100 ton, 100 foot pressure vessel passes through London.

BRITISH IS BEST

British Is Best (1934)

Cows being loaded into large wooden transport boxes - to go to Australia.

SUPPLIES FOR MALTA

Supplies For Malta (1942)

Supplies are delivered to Malta and Lord Gort presents medals to servicemen...

TANKER FIRES VILLAGE

Tanker Fires Village (1953)

A lorry carrying fuel crashed in Labourn, Berkshire damaging large parts of...

ONE JOB JETTY

One Job Jetty (1958)

A special jetty is built to remove the cargo from a stranded ship in Morocco.

STOP ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD

Stop Accidents On The Road (1966)

Posters urging population to be more careful while driving to...

THE PRAWN INDUSTRY

The Prawn Industry (1963)

Prawn industry in Gladstone, Australia.

BRITISH TROOPS DEFEND KUWAIT

British Troops Defend Kuwait (1961)

Threatened by neighbouring Iraq, Sheik Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah...

TRUCK DRIVERS

Truck Drivers (1965)

Truck drivers, good and bad driving around Oxfordshire.

LATEST IN RAIL ROAD CARS NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

Latest In Rail Road Cars News In A Nutshell (1935)

New invention - loco-trawler - vehicles that can...

AMERICA DELIVERS THE GOODS

America Delivers The Goods (1941)

American deliveries of military vehicles arrive in the Middle East.

UNCLE SAM'S HELPING HAND

Uncle Sam's Helping Hand (1942)

Transport vehicles are unloaded at Suez as part of the US Lease Lend to...

THE NAVY ON LAND

The Navy On Land (1940)

Men of the Royal Navy take up rifles to defend the coastline.

BEET CROP SUGAR HOPES

Beet Crop Sugar Hopes (1948)

Britain provides enough sugar from sugar beet to meet her needs.

AIRBORNE WEHRMACHT

Airborne Wehrmacht (1957)

Nato air exercise in West Germany.

BERLIN FACES NEW THREAT

Berlin Faces New Threat (1958)

The Soviets try to make changes in the basis of the settlement over...

MAKARIOS DEPORTED

Makarios Deported (1956)

Archbishop Makarios, leader of 'union with Greece' campaign is deported from...

OLD CROCKS LAST RIDE

Old Crocks Last Ride (1965)

Old cars are collected by lorry and taken to scrapyard where they are...

AUSTRALIA - BACCY MAKES A BONFIRE

Australia - Baccy Makes A Bonfire (1964)

Bales of unsold tobacco burnt in Australia due to over...

PIGS RIDE FIRST CLASS

Pigs Ride First Class (1966)

New air conditioned pig transporter travels from Cornwall to Essex.

FERRY SPEED UP

Ferry Speed Up (1966)

New Woolwich Ferry Service across Thames opened.

LONG LOAD SAFETY

Long Load Safety (1966)

Anti-jack-knife device for articulated lorries.

MEAT HANDLING aka DOCK SPEED-UP BY COMPUTER

Meat Handling AKA Dock Speed-Up By Computer (1968)

Computerised system speeds up meat unloading at...

SAFETY VEHICLE TESTING

Safety Vehicle Testing (1968)

Item showing the new commercial vehicle testing station. Bristol, North...

PREFABS

Prefabs (1948)

Item showing prefabricated house being constructed in less than an hour.

THESE MEN 'WILL BE THERE' aka SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY MANOEUVRES

These Men 'will Be There' AKA South African Army Manoeuvres (1943)

South African army drivers...

NIGERIAN COCOA aka NIGERIAN COCOA TRADE

Nigerian Cocoa AKA Nigerian Cocoa Trade (1949)

African natives working in the cocoa trade in...

 WORLD OF SILENT SOUNDS

World Of Silent Sounds (1959)

French newsreel item about measuring sound using oscilloscope.

36 INCH WATER PIPE NEW AUSTRALIAN INVENTION GETS WORLD ACCLAIM

36 Inch Water Pipe New Australian Invention Gets World Acclaim (1963)

Pipes in production at...

TELEGRAPH POLE PLANTER

Telegraph Pole Planter (1965)

Post Office machine that makes planting telegraph poles much easier,...

'THE RAG OF RAGS'

'the Rag Of Rags' (1932)

Liverpool students dress up and ride on floats to raise money for charity.

FIRE FLOAT

Fire Float "Takes A Ride"! (1932)

A boat used to pump water on fires is lifted from the river and...

LUCK!

Luck! (1933)

A 10 ton lorry smashes into the front of Barclays Bank in Gateshead.

LEVEL CROSSING SMASH

Level Crossing Smash (1934)

Train disaster at Wormley - train collided with lorry, four coaches wrecked.

TROUBLED SPAIN

Troubled Spain (1936)

Thousands have been killed in the Spanish Civil War and untold damage caused to...

FREE FRENCH FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST

Free French Forces In Middle East (1940)

General De Gaulle's Free French Forces resting and training...

TRANS-BRITAIN PIPELINE

Trans-Britain Pipeline (1945)

Pipelines across Britain enable distribution of petrol across the...

READY FOR THE DAY

Ready For The Day (1944)

Good item showing the huge stores of fuel and food etc. ready for D-day....

GERMANY - NOW THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

Germany - Now They Know What It's Like (1944)

German refugees are evacuated from various towns, and...

JUNK HEAP FOR JUNKERS

Junk Heap For Junkers (1940)

Massive field full of shot down German aircraft being used for scrap.

COBB READY FOR RECORD

Cobb Ready For Record (1952)

John Cobb's new jet-speed boat 'Crusader' enters the water at Loch Ness...

FRANCE - STRIKE STRANDS BRITONS

France - Strike Strands Britons (1953)

A nation wide strike in France strands British holidaymakers...

THE ARMY ON WHEELS

The Army On Wheels (1954)

New transport for the Army, including a gas turbine heavy vehicle, is...