Part 2: 1950's BTF "Ferry Load" ~ BRS transport ~ Tilbury - Antwerp & Preston - Larne ~ Pickfords

Part 2 of 1950's British Transport Film "Ferry Load" telling the story of the cross channel vehicle ferry service from Tilbury to Antwerp on "Bardic Ferry". Featuring haulage lorries transporting Radiography equiptment to Cologne, Whitbread beer to Brussels, machinery to Milan and Edwards sausages from Manchester destined for somewhere in Europe and continental loads heading for Great Britain
Brtish Road Services (BRS) Continental Ferry Service and Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd and Thomas Cook do their part in the UK, Ferry-Boats in Europe
Period trucks including Leyland, Morris, Bedford J Type & TK, Scammell, International, Kew Dodge,etc, on both sides of the channel work in unison to ensure the boats sail on time with 8 hour turnrounds.
A Postscript from 1961 shows how the services to Northern Ireland and Europe had advanced.
Watch Part 1 for the full story!
If you spot any other makes of lorry (particularly the Continental ones) please let me konw and I'll add them to the tags!!!!!
Thanks for watching ;)

[@scaniatruckertir]

beautiful old films, its great to see old trucks working and how they would have looked, not just parked up at a vintage rally.

[@shauntaylor9251]

Wonderful films , just like a window to the past

[@jimeditorial]

Scored like a feature film...big, fat sound. Holds up well

[@bobblanko1169]

Sturdy fellows when we consider sleeper-less cabs (no doubt it was digs, & routers for sleeping accommodation) Cut my teeth aged 23 hauling in a Leyland T45 Naturally aspirated Rolls Eagle 300 Used to run up to Pamplona, tip Madrid, return load from the south somewhere near mini Hollywood (the infamous film set for those spaghetti westerns) Nr Almeria. Ahh the glory days 🤙🏽

[@dryflyman7121]

We couldn’t have survived without real workers like you 👍

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Great to see so many roads without traffic no wonder things ran on time

[@dryflyman7121]

Love the music score !

[@paulkazjack]

Its just all so lovely.

[@carlnapp8673]

It's so good to see the old times and the old-timers. Nowadays, when I drive my vintage tip lorry, I can imagine what a hard work it was. Thence, they are heros to me.

[@kennethgraham6631]

brill these my dad would have been on his element if he was around today to watch these

[@nicks4934]

Great to see Customs checks back in use.

[@roddyk05]

Fantastic old films, I love 'em.

[@NitroNoriFan]

Very pleased you enjoyed them

[@thomasm1964]

How tiny those ships look to modern eyes - but how spacious and empty the towns look compared to now as well.

[@lucherve6169]

Magnifique Unic Izoard de Jean Lion de Paris 5³⁸

[@mikego18753]

Thursday morning 8 o clock. Mines a pint &a whiskey chaser,i've along drive ahead.

[@marvwatkins7029]

The beginning of the EEC.

[@scotiajinker8392]

Fantastic film , I never knew there was a shipyard in Troon.

[@blobby273]

oooh the 1950s when everything looked so clean and fresh

[@servicarrider]

Everything looked so clean and fresh because it was virtually brand new. The country was destroyed during the war in the early to mid 40's and rebuilt during the mid to late 40's so in the 50's everything was brand new, clean and fresh faced.

[@trevorgurr8845]

Being in black and white makes it cleaner

[@patricedugue6990]

Beau film nombreux modeles de camion anciens merci

[@NitroNoriFan]

merci d'avoir regardé et commenté

[@51WCDodge]

Intreseting yard tug. A WW2 American Autocar.

[@51WCDodge]

@Shaun Morris I rember Bedford MW and OY trucks, all painnted admiralty grey. packed with drums of Jersey Royals in St Helier harbour waiting to be loaded on the mail boat for shipping in the late 1960's.

[@jamescampbell8596]

4 in line trailers not seen now

[@koenverbiest]

The pub you see in the movie still excists....Gaarkeuken 110 in port of Antwerp....

[@jacobmassey3897]

I've got many happy memories of that little pub from dozens (if not hundreds) of ferry journeys I made working as a ships hand from 1957 to circa 1973.

[@seanmiller598]

Life though hard for many looked far nore slower paced.

[@CosgroveNotts]

Bring back single axle trailers

[@stewartellinson8846]

Tiny lorries, small ships, endless delays, incompatible equipment. It's amazing that it was do-able at all. I suppose people were optimistic, before age and cynicism set in and corrupted us

[@gegwen7440]

Thursday morning in Antwerp & arrived in Milan on friday ? In those days Friday week.

[@mickyboy223]

Not a chance and given he went through Austria. Today we can put a load on the train at Daventry and in twenty four hours be in Domodossola. And friction less trade!

[@studebaker4217]

Google Maps says nowadays 921kms and 10hrs 4 mins (car, avge 56mph, no stops/borders). Funny the filmmakers overlooked these "details"! Must have worked for the BBC to be this economic with the truth.

[@alankenney]

Love these old films and especially as they're not accompanied by crashing heavy metal soundtracks. Bet those custom officers weren't checking for illegals!

[@rapman5791]

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your uncle