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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

11456

Title

FODEN VEHICLES ON PARADE

Producer

unknown

Date

c1953

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

7 mins 10 secs

Description

A compilation of the various vehicles manufactured by Foden. There are shots of articulated tankers made for Cadburys and Cheshire Sterilised Milk. We see the Earle's Cement Works fleet of wagons hard at work in various locations. There are scenes of the Bartholomew Ready Mixed Concrete wagon in action. We see the Manchester and District Farms Ltd fleet of trucks. There are scenes of the Warrington Corporation buses out and about picking up passengers. Finally there is a shot of a J.M. Horrocks & Sons Ltd Haulage Contractors truck.

 

 



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