Government’s Giant Storehouse For Mechanised Units (1938)

The Midlands. Several shots inside huge warehouses where the Government is storing and manufacturing (?) hundreds of army vehicles, tyres, motorbikes and trucks. A new ’caterpillar car’ that looks like a covered jeep on caterpillar tank wheels is taken for a demonstration ride with a load of Army officers aboard. It jerks about all over the place, probably to demonstrate how quickly it can change direction. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the Britis