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Series
- Series Name
- Home and Away
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- BFI synopsis: This item illustrates the provision of speedy help by the transport section of Babcock & Wilcox in the event of their lorries breaking down. A lorry breaks down on a country road, and the driver summons help by VHF radio. The Renfrew works transport officer receives the call, and a breakdown van prepares to leave. A scale model of the Renfrew works is seen, and shots of works vehicles outside foundries. The transport Officer takes details of transport requirements and contacts the driver of a vehicle by VHF radio. It concludes with a shot of a lorry en route.
- Keywords
- Communications; Road transport; Emergency services
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
Scottish Screen Archive database Ref.1522
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.
- Producer
- Cyril Randell
- Director
- Peter Ward
- Editor
- Robert Morgan
- Production Co.
- Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.
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Film Archive
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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