All In A Day: Lorry Assembly Line (Reel 1) (1950-1959) | British Pathé

In this BMC footage from the 1950s, we see how British lorry trucks are made in an assembly line and the day in the life of a driver.
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(FILM ID:1805.01)
See reels 2 & 3.
Reel 1. "A British Motor Corporation Ltd presentation".
Lorry approaching the camera at night. Voice over about truck drivers. Driver looks out of truck window. Ken Wood arrives at the Transport Depot. It is a Nuffield built truck. Ken lights a cigarette, he's on his way home to bed. He waves to a milkman. Home of the Jackson family where he lodges. Breakfast table, family sitting around eating. Ken goes in to say hello. Mr Jackson is a foreman at the factory where Morris commercial vehicles are made. Today his son Johnny will begin work as an apprentice. "Johnny is a bit scared at the moment..." C/U of his plate, he's off his food. Eileen his sister teases him. Eileen works at a flower nursery. She's in charge of wedding reception flowers today. C/U of a watch. Johnny and Mr Jackson leave for the factory, Johnny kisses his mother. Father and son walk to the factory. They say hello to the gate man. Father shows son around. Lorries are lined up. Johnny gets into the cab of a lorry and pretends to drive it. He walks down the production line (which is at a standstill). Lorry engines.
Whistle blows and assembly line begins operating. Chassis of lorries are winched through the air. A chassis is lowered on to the base of a lorry. C/U of wheels. Production line. Lorry is driven off. Voice over talks of: "quality and value that only British craftsmanship can supply". Apprentice Supervisor's office. Johnny is told of the early triumph of Morris commercial vehicles. He is shown photographs of various models. "Pride in the firm" is instilled in Johnny. Sister Eileen is taking things calmly. She is in a greenhouse tending to Chrysanthemums. Voice over asks: "Have you thought how you will get them there uncrushed? Don't worry the experts have solved that. Just drink your tea and forget it." Another girl brings up a tray of tea.
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[@MARKLAR51]

At 3:30 , the 38 year old teenager Johnny slams the truck’s door shut. It leaves a one inch gap at the bottom. “British craftsmanship “ indeed.

[@Simp_Zone]

😂

[@garyburchgb]

Nowadays, Johnny might organise the wedding flowers and his sister might be on the line. Were those trucks in primer, maybe red oxide?

[@droogiesouls8635]

A grown man living with a stranger family? Interesting times!

[@leopoldbluesky]

Driver Ken Wood needs to learn how to turn his headlights on

[@johnburugu-kb7iq]

OK . he heard you in his cemetery , during his second stint in the world he'll let them shine as bright as ever

[@normanmunns4743]

15 years old ? looks more like 25 years old This is done by actors

[@kevinreilly9482]

Johnny looks about 40

[@carlnapp4412]

2:50 The gateman, is it Smiler?

[@realhelathylifestyle]

"what will the next 30 years bring?" Unfortunately, the downfall of British manufacturing.

[@chamindaperera5403]

Fantastic

[@gypsyre]

appena iscritto, grazie per post! (just joined, thanks for the post!)

[@radharcanna]

Not much truck-building to be seen in the dark. Johnny’s doing a man’s job while Eileen plays with flowers! Everyone looks so old and stuffy.

[@paulwhite2533]

Ken had his eye on Eileen....

[@sicr7373]

Where did it all go wrong?!

[@bibekdas7449]

15? More like 35!

[@roytaylor3857]

And who Reckons Ken is getting stuck Into the daughter 🤣

[@user-ud6yf2qu9c]

Ya he should get stuck to the axil

[@johnburugu-kb7iq]

Those trucks look like crickets 🦗 🦗

[@johnrawlins6147]

I just wish I could go back to those days, I hate it now, when I was a kid in the 50s it was heaven, I hate nowadays, I hope I don't last much longer, tel ah

[@vishwnathrati9250]

Old is gold Tata motors super super vicala

[@e28forever30]

Apu?

[@paulthomas3841]

They were Men in these days