BBC
North West Regional News and Documentary
Film 1966-1986: Sample Film Clips - Transport
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Gerald Harrison
reporting on a collision in Birkenhead Docks
between two cargo vessels (1973)
David Davies
reporting on new electric motor cars
(1975)
Richard Duckenfield
reporting on a Liverpool crane driver who is to
train his Middle East counterpart in container
handling (1976)
Richard Duckenfield
at the 127 year old Exchange Station in Liverpool,
which is about to close (1977)
Richard Duckenfield
reports on the newly extended track for model
trains being built by the Wirral Model Engineering
Society at Royden Park in Wirral (1979)
Jim Hancock
speaking about the resumption of runway repair work
at Manchester Airport (1980)
Malcolm Balen
talking to Alan Ralphs, restorer, about the
restoration work carried out on an old Bolton tram
which is now nearing completion. He also spoke to
Derek Shepherd, the driver (1981)
Martin Henfield
reporting on the effects of the rail strike and how
the public are coping (1982)
Malcolm Balen
reporting on the Rolls Royce car rally from
Manchester to Donnington (1982)
Inspector Bill
Ball, who has just retired after 21 years service
on the M6 motorway patrol, talks about how motorway
travel has changed during his career
(1984)
Richard Duckenfield
reporting on the Atlantic companion, one of the
largest ships to berth at the Royal Seaforth Docks,
which is the first of 5 new ships built specially
for trade between Britain and North America
(1984)
Alistair Macdonald
talking to Peter Cottriall, a businessman, about
the self-help campaign of local businessmen to show
what the Port of Liverpool has to offer
(1984)
Presenter Harry
Boardman describes the history of canals in the
North West (1973)
Programme on Crewe
railway station and how it has changed
(1983)
Focuses on the
development of Speke Airport, Merseyside (date
unknown)
Brief report on how
Crewe has been shaped by its railway station
(1974)
Describes how poor
weather affects goods being transported by lorries
over the Pennine Hills (1966)
Extract about
traffic congestion and public transport in
Manchester and Liverpool (1976)
Presenter Frank
Mellor rides on the freight rail line in the
Longdendale Valley in the Peak District
(1980)
A member of staff
at the Merseyside Maritime Museum describes an item
in the museum's vast collection (1981)