Electrical Vans 1939 (1940)

England. Line of electrically driven vehicles drives past camera. Battery drawn cars are followed by battery drawn vans - those are particularly cute. Follow the lorries - one has a sign City of Birmingham on it. Various shots of a man sitting on bodiless electrical vehicle demonstrating how to operate it. Another man on similar model starts the engine and drives off. Line of men in suits and military personnel inspecting models. An officer sits on one of the models and starts driving. A posh woman wearing fur coat sits on one of the models and a man is explains her how to operate it. She drives off. (Neg.) 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 Graph
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