Trader to Paris (Ford Thames Trader trucks) - 1958
Shot in the style of a newsreel, this film documents the then unusual occurrence of a lorry delivering meat from Watford to a market in Paris. The lorry used is a Ford Thames Trader: the Dover to Calais ferry "Halladale" which was the first ferry owned by Townsend Ferries.
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