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The film was the 1955 film "Out of the Clouds".

Tom, I heard you'd been shopping in Vienna. Or was that duff info?

A bit of an exaggeration my friend: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?22100-Fess-up-who-s-restoring-a-Panzer-IV http://preservedtanks.com/Profile.aspx?UniqueID=2170

Did I spot the Cromwell on "The motorway: Life in the fast lane"? Episode 4 @ 38:30 here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04kntmp/the-motorway-life-in-the-fast-lane-4-no-such-thing-as-an-accident No doubt someone can post a screen dump...

There shouldn't be an issue with this being a 1937 can - and considering the BEF lost so much kit in 1940, no real surprise if this has been found in France. But being inter-war it is something of a rarity now. Out of interest, when was the earliest W^D embosed can produced? I've seen 1932, 1933 and 1935.

Without wanting to state the obvious, have you asked Mike as to what the differences are?

The bus is one of the Nairn Transport Company fleet, who ran a service across the desert prior to the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairn_Transport_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairn_Transport_Company#mediaviewer/File:Royal_Air_Force_in_the_Middle_East,_1944-1945._CM5691.jpg

Like this one: http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/goudy/white/white_loggers.jpg

Welcome - the club house is open. To post, click on the 'Forum' tab; scroll down to the forum theme under which you want to post; click on the forum theme wording in bold; then scroll down past the recent threads to 'Post new thread'; click on that and then go from there... good posting.

The transformation is set for next week... http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/projects-partnerships/battle-bus

It's probably circa 1928. And the truck in the video could well be one and the same vehicle as that in Charge Utile (albeit with a body transplant). I'm not sure how I knew the ID - I've a vague recollection of having seen some photos of this truck in the past but can't now remember where!

Dewald

This reminds me that the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum had made the moulds for the blocks of a bi-block commercial vehicle engine, so things are part way there if you are not to fussy as to the final design... (See The Automobile magazine, June 1988 for more info.)

Rick, you may be thinking of this thread? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?883 or here at #28: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?7797-Morris-Commercial-gallery/page3

Here: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?16056

The articles I mentioned previously suggest the advantage was 'perfect rigidity and a bigger load capacity' than possible with tipping gear of the day - no doubt the line peddled by the concessionaires. The observant amongst you will have noticed that the second scan in my previous was a 5-tonner. It was probably a Foden steam waggon. Here's a Clayton version (apologies for the poor quality):

From Motor Traction 19 December 1917 and 20 February 1918: Yes, a Hallford with moveable floor! The Wilkins patent unloading gear was said to have been available through the UK's sole concessionaires Messrs Drake and Gorham Ltd of 66 Victoria Street, Westminster, London.

Hi Ray, welcome aboard. There seem to be a respectable number of horse-drawn wagons of various types coming to the fore. You may find these threads of interest: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?9085-GS-Wagon-1915 http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?11154-GS-Wagon

The Valentine seemed cheap?

Goo do something different. You may find this string of interest: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?24752-what-happened-to-the-colection-at-grange-cavern

It was during one of the studio in-fill slots when one of the historians was commenting on a bit of archive footage. Admitadly the screen was up, so unless you recognise the track bogie arrangement it would be easy enough to get the ID wrong... If you get in quick, have a look at "The Science of D-Day": http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b045gr8m/the-science-of-dday :cool2:

Another fine achievement, Richard - it looks a peach. http://blog.ltmuseum.co.uk/category/battle-bus/

Jason, did you watch all 8 hours or so or just the edited highlights? Like it or not, the BBC's prime responsibility was to cover the main official events of interest to the British - at Bayeux Cemetery, Sword beach and Arromanches-Les-Bains - so that those veterans who couldn't make the trip could feel involved. Whether the international event at Sword beach was to everyone's taste is another matter - I suspect it wouldn't have been to mine and am rather glad, thanks to things being an hour behind schedule, that after the arrival of dignatories and the opening remarks from Hollande the BBC cut to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meeting veterans. That said, the split picture shot of Obama and Putin was priceless! There were plenty of 'in-fill' slots with veterans, historians and 'personalities' - I thought Chris Tarrant was incredibly respectful and reflective, and in many ways made for as good TV as the interviews with the veterans. The historians irritated me the most though - especially when the DD Valentine was called a Sherman!

You may enjoy this: http://www.movietone.com/N_POPUP_Player.cfm?action=playVideo&assetno=77691

Using Google Images, the rear view appears to be at Woodford and Wanstead Military Hospital - now the Woodford County High School for Girls. http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/gallery/default.asp?pid=72&gcatid=6&albumid=5