A Record Load By Road (1930)

Item title reads - A record load by road. World’s largest motor lorry transports giant 65-ton rudder (forged at Darlington) at 4 miles an hour to Glasgow. Darlington, Durham. L/S of the large rudder strapped to the a Scammell 100-ton Tractor lorry (Marston Road Services) which moves slowly away. Various shots as it drives along. M/S of a man steering a wheel at the back, beside him is a sign saying ’You are behind the world’s largest lorry. Please drive with caution.’ Various shots of the lorry and rudder making their way slowly but surely along. People walk up the street alongside to get a better look. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1