MECHANICAL TRANSPORT - BETTER DRIVING [Main Title]

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  • Title: MECHANICAL TRANSPORT - BETTER DRIVING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRF 6570
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: An appeal for safer driving by RAF drivers.
  • Description: The film follows two drivers (of a minibus and of a 3 ton truck) as they drive to RAF Duxford and to RAF Lyneham, with the camera giving a driver's eye view of the road. The actions and thoughts that result in a safe journey are illustrated. The film ends with examples of the wide variety of vehicle that drivers are called upon to handle.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1959
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: the film is interesting for the general shots of road conditions of the time and for the (very few) shots of Duxford in its final days as an operational base Technical: colour faded on copy viewed
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    DRF 6570

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