Large lorry has two drivers - one drives the trailer and they communicate by a telephone device.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 894.20
- Media URN:
- 15203
- Group:
- Eve pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 09/12/1929
- Sound:
- Mute
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:53:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:43:52:00 / 01:45:45:00
- Canister:
- EP 142
MichaelHendry says
This vehicle was originally built for Marston Road Services in 1929. This company was merged with Edward Box & Co of Liverpool and was fortunately saved from a serious fire on their premises in Lightbody Street, Liverpool in 1934, when the company was at the time under the directorship of Ralph and John Donaldson-Hudson from Cheswardine, Shropshire. The companies were nationalised in the late 1940's. Eventually the vehicle became part of the Pickfords Heavy Haulage Fleet, before passing into the hands of Hudsons haulage in the West Midlands, who own the vehicle, although it is on loan to the Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland. There is no connection between the Donaldson-Hudson family and the present owners.