Barge On Road (1944)

Barge on road. Australia. Various shots as a 60 ton barge drives down the street on a big trailer pulled by 4 powerful tractors. The barge was made at a shipyard inland and has to be transported to the coast. The town is cleared as the barge passes through. When they reach the coast a crane winches the barge up and onto the water. M/S as it sails away. 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 British Pathé website.