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A compilation of 7 films from the British Transport Films collection. Volume 8 in the series
Pathe synopsis: Jobbing contractor Tom Hancocks of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, invented a pair of motorised roller skates during the last war as a mode of transport for foot-weary soldiers. Like the army,...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mobility at Work. DESCRIPTION: At a Buckinghamshire textile factory, the top men of the firm whizz round the place where all the work is done, on these neat little machines. It all...
Pathe synopsis: Most men enjoy playing with model cars although often they don’t like to admit it, but scientists for example have a good excuse, for a variety of models are used in tests carried out by...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motorways - Marvel Or Muddle?. DESCRIPTION: Mr Marples isn’t the only one anxious to speed up the traffic flow. But a six month survey by the British Road Federation alleges a failure...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: If You Drink - Don’t Drive. DESCRIPTION: Last Christmas over a hundred and thirty people were killed on the roads. Many the result of drunken driving. The Road Research Laboratory is...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Road Ahead. DESCRIPTION: The Bypass at the Buckinghamshire town of Slough has now been opened by the Minister of Transport, just in time to meet the Easter rush. Across the Channel,...
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