Summary: A prolonged lesson in the need for tyre-economy in the war situation, and in procedures to prolong the life of tyres during use and to ensure their usefulness for salvage or retreading at the end.
Description: "Everywhere the Allied war machine runs on wheels": the theme is illustrated with pictures of a wide variety of military equipment, then developed into a general plea for tyre economy. Brief coverage of the official machinery of tyre issue (Authorised Tyre Depots) and reclamation (Central Inspection Depots, a retreading plant) is followed by specific instructions (eg checking of pressure; removal of stones from treads; wheel alignment; care of tyres on idle vehicles; loading; speed, steering and braking etc). The various points are first illustrated with film, later repeated in cartoons by Masen. An effort to introduce a note of competition between haulage fleets (proportion of returned tyres good enough for retreading) leads into a final appeal to patriotism "Keep the UN rolling on to Victory".
Alternative Title:
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:UKY 548
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Ministry of Supply (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
World Wide Pictures (Production company)
Hughes, Ken (Production individual)
Bond, Ralph (Production individual)
Anscombe, Ronald (Production individual)
Snagge, John Derrick Mordaunt1904-05-081996-03-25 (Production cast)
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Keywords: industry, British - general: tyres (object name)
operations, British military - salvage: tyres (object name)
propaganda, British - practical: appeal for tyre economy (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1340 ft; Running time: 15 mins
