1/4 Transport Film 1959 ERF Foden Morris J Leyland BRS

Part 1 of 4: Another rare haulage movie from British Transport Films - They Take The High Road. Following the lives of various drivers and transport crew in 1959. Featuring Scottish dock yards and Tay Ferry, St Boswell livestock market, Glenlivet whisky distillary and the daily delivery of sacks of cement from Killin railway station in Scotland to the site of the 1950's Giorra dam build.
Watch all four parts for the full story.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• BRS
• British
• Road
• Services
• BTF
• 1950s
• ERF
• Foden
• Leyland
• Morris
• wagon
• drag
• HGV
• articulated
• Scammell
• coupling
• trailer
• classic
• freight
• traffic
• roadscene
• lorry
• lorries
• truck
• trucking
• roping
• sheeting
• hand
• ball
• Killin
• railway
• station
• Scottish
• Giorra
• dam
• reservoir
• building
• docks
• Perth
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• ferry
• Stirlingshire
• lubreoch
• Glenlivet
• Distillary
• Tay
• Ferry

[NitroNoriFan]

Just noticed a continuity error.....when the guy climbs up to clean his windscreen in his shirt sleeves his reflection shows him wearing a jacket, lol 1:53

[NitroNoriFan]

BRS Parcels changed their name to Roadline in February 1976 with the logo of a small "r" within a yellow circular background that looked something like a road sign, on green vehicles.

[jlbcatala]

What was the normal livery of BRS vehicles : red or green ?

[NitroNoriFan]

I think the BRS general road haulage vehicles were in red/black and the BRS Parcels delivery division were in green

[RustyDef90]

Thanks for sharing these, very interesting.

[silver760]

These were the early days of the road hauliers,just before they finaly murdered the railways.Ofcourse after killing the railways,followed by their being torn up the problems of overloaded roads came to light when traffic was reduced to a crawl.By then it was too late to reverse the damage leading to no other option than to build thousands of miles of new roads.Britain has an amazing ability to achieve many firsts,but also seems to be first to destroy them much to the detriment of the country.

[BillDFC]

1;25 Great shots of the Tay ferries with the Cressy in the background. The Cressy is now called the Unicorn and is the oldest frigate afloat.

I remember the BRS garage in Dock St. Dundee opposite Briggs factory.

[colliecandle]

@Stereolabdream I agree! - all this brings back to life my younger years...the roping and sheeting, tarpualins etc plus 'handballing ' all your loads on and off usually! Hard days, but they did seem much better in many respects.

[Stereolabdream]

@NitroNoriFan well spottted!

[transitcoffin]

love this thank you very much for posting

5 **********

[Stereolabdream]

50 years...well within an average lifetime-but it could be 200 years ago, it seems so distant and remote now...

[contracthireman]

Fascinating, I worked for ERF in the 1990's as a salesman and loved the history of the company. Thanks for the footage.

[ROBBO1978OVBLYTH]

Great upload........5*