A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)
Discussion
DickyC said:
bigothunter said:
Talking of 'Dr Who'...
well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
Hell Drivers?well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
William Hartnell and an ensemble of hard cases.
DickyC said:
Hell Drivers? William Hartnell and an ensemble of hard cases.
Turbobanana said:
According to IMCDB it's Hell Drivers and that's a Dennis Pax.
Well done chaps 
Milkyway said:
Few pages back, Milkyway posted this photo of a Dennis Pax dustcart. Seems they were made in normal and forward control configurations. After struggling financially for many years, Dennis finally became defunct in 2007. Most UK truck businesses have gone the same way.
I find historic lorries intriguing. They made a big impression in my formative years.
Yertis said:
DickyC said:
bigothunter said:
Talking of 'Dr Who'...
well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
Hell Drivers?well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
William Hartnell and an ensemble of hard cases.
bigothunter said:
Yertis said:
DickyC said:
bigothunter said:
Talking of 'Dr Who'...
well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
Hell Drivers?well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
William Hartnell and an ensemble of hard cases.
Anyway, just Wiki'd it for fact check and found William Hartnell also credited.
Yertis said:
OK so this reminds me of "They Drive by Night" – the UK 1938 release, not the later US film of same name with Bogart.
Anyway, just Wiki'd it for fact check and found William Hartnell also credited.
Did you notice the Scammell at 15:58 ?Anyway, just Wiki'd it for fact check and found William Hartnell also credited.
bigothunter said:
Yertis said:
DickyC said:
bigothunter said:
Talking of 'Dr Who'...
well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
Hell Drivers?well, he went over a cliff when the brakes failed.
Easy question is what's the film (clue in photo)? Slightly harder question is what's the lorry in this photo?
ps Whole film is contrived nonsense with some terrible acting. But it's good for a laugh
William Hartnell and an ensemble of hard cases.
I thought it was 'Dr Who' and going 'over a cliff' added to the lorry in the photo. Together they said Hell Drivers to me.
/sherlock
Yertis said:
No, but I was Googling Scammells earlier on today oddly enough. Dad once looked at buying an ex-RAF Pioneer that Flight Refuelling were disposing of. Magnificent thing. Mum refused to let us have it on the drive. Fair enough, I guess.
Discovered today that early 1930s heavy Scammell trucks used chain drive. Bet they made made a row.Yertis said:
Provided you’ve seen ‘Hell Drivers’
There is that, but it was played regularly on Sunday afternoon telly when we went to visit my grandparents in the fifties and sixties. My brother and I were allowed to go in the front room to watch TV while the adults stayed in the dining room to put the world to rights. All I did was project my viewing preferences on the population at large.
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