News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Look At Life

Issue

Issue No.

379

Date Released

1966

Length of issue (in feet)

810

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Loads For Roads

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

BFI synopsis: Survey of large transporters on the roads, and their cargoes, which vary from a power station transformer to a rocket part too large or wide for the railway. Some cargoes such as concrete beams are shown being transported by rail.

Researcher Comments

Look At Life Series 30 comprises Issues 378-390.

Keywords

Railways; Road transport

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.4, 1966, p.76
British Movietonews Listing

Credits:

Support services

Edward Bishop

Production Co.

The Rank Organisation Special Features Division

Commentator

Tim Turner

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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