Tractor School

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
084
Date Released
6 Aug 1956
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: A look behind the scenes at a school in Feltham, Middlesex, for the men who operate the giant tractor shovels on large building sites and airfields under consstruction. As one of these monsters in a normal working day can do the work of 400 men, it is essential that the operator be in 100 per cent. control. Apart from the risk of serious accidents, it’s remarkably easy to damage the comparatively delicate mechanism through bad handling.
Researcher Comments
Title on British Pathe online database reads "Tractor Bulldozer School".
Keywords
Education and training; Motor vehicles
Locations
England; Middlesex; Feltham
Written sources
British Pathe online database
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Peter West
Length of story (in feet)
240
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Tractor School', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 084, 6 Aug 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120244 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)