Fork Lift Truck AKA Lorry Lift 1953

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Description

Letchworth, Hertfordshire.

Various shots of a new fork-lift truck lifting a lorry into the air and back down again. The lorry has a huge pipe on its back. The fork-lift picks up the pipe and takes it away.

Correspondence and notes on file.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44132
Sort Number:
NP 460
Time in/Out:
01:01:18:00 / 01:02:22:00
Canister:
NP 460
Film ID:
1337.02
Issue Date:
06/07/1953

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  • The fork-lift truck being demonstrated here is a Shelvoke and Drewry Freightlifter.

    jamied 7th Jun 2012

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