1/4 TAKE THE HIGH ROAD 1959 British Transport Film ~ ERF Foden Morris J Leyland BRS
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- čas přidán 31. 12. 2008
- Part 1 of 4: Another rare haulage movie from British Transport Films - They Take The High Road. Following the lives of various drivers and transport crew in 1959. Featuring Scottish dock yards and Tay Ferry, St Boswell livestock market, Glenlivet whisky distillary and the daily delivery of sacks of cement from Killin railway station in Scotland to the site of the 1950's Giorra dam build.
Watch all four parts for the full story. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
No sugar beet in Scotland for many years now - growing ended when the Cupar factory was closed.
1;25 Great shots of the Tay ferries with the Cressy in the background. The Cressy is now called the Unicorn and is the oldest frigate afloat.
I remember the BRS garage in Dock St. Dundee opposite Briggs factory.
50 years...well within an average lifetime-but it could be 200 years ago, it seems so distant and remote now...
love this thank you very much for posting
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@NitroNoriFan well spottted!
Just noticed a continuity error.....when the guy climbs up to clean his windscreen in his shirt sleeves his reflection shows him wearing a jacket, lol 1:53
BRS Parcels changed their name to Roadline in February 1976 with the logo of a small "r" within a yellow circular background that looked something like a road sign, on green vehicles.
I think the BRS general road haulage vehicles were in red/black and the BRS Parcels delivery division were in green
These were the early days of the road hauliers,just before they finaly murdered the railways.Ofcourse after killing the railways,followed by their being torn up the problems of overloaded roads came to light when traffic was reduced to a crawl.By then it was too late to reverse the damage leading to no other option than to build thousands of miles of new roads.Britain has an amazing ability to achieve many firsts,but also seems to be first to destroy them much to the detriment of the country.
silver760 no the early days of road haulage was just before WW1. You have the British government of the day for the arrangement of the pedles in all British road vehicles which they supplied to road haulage companies, coach firms, etc on the understanding that they would get the horses and in time of war the trucks as well. It was the availability of trucks after WW1 that killed off the canals in most of the country. These trucks also put a dent in the railways' freight loads and along with the buses and coaches lead to the first station closures in the 1920s and 1930s. The surplus trucks availanle after WW2 just hastened the decline.
You are perfectly correct in pointing out that it take a generation to highlight the true outcome of any political/economic decisions.
What was the normal livery of BRS vehicles : red or green ?