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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film, presented by The Ringsby System, is produced in 1964 by Trucking Activities, and written and directed by Marlowe. It tells the story of motor transportation and its role in the economics of everyday life while showing Ringsby System’s terminals, trucks, and agricultural machines. Official summary: “tells the story of motor transportation and its role in the economics of everyday.“ The Ringsby Truck Lines featured here was established by J.W. Ringsby in 1932. Over the next 30 years, Ringsby grew by acquiring other trucking companies. In 1969, Ringsby began experiencing financial problems which were compounded in the mid-1970s by a 3 year union strike. Ringsby recovered by 1981 but could not return to its former profitability and shut down for good in 1984. One bit of trivia: company founder J.W. Ringsby at one point owned the Denver Nuggets basketball team. “Trucks and Your Town” title banner (00:19). A Ringsby System livery Mack tractor trailer driving on a highway (00:26). An airplane taking off (00:30). The wheel of a driving truck (00:36). A ship in a harbor (00:40). Another Ringsby System truck driving (00:42). A train driving (00:47). An industrial building (00:52). Construction-sites (01:07) and a Peterbilt cement truck. A city skyline (01:43). A combine harvester (01:49). Automated harvest machinery (01:55). People sitting on benches and eating (01:59). A Ringsby System truck passing through a city (02:05) and onto the highway (02:31). A church tower (02:54). A Ringsby 326 truck arrives to deliver goods to the Belknap Photo Center photography business in Boulder City, Nevada (03:00). The truck-driver and the shop-owner exchange good and money (03:46). The 326-truck drives away (03:54). Different trucks arrive at a truck terminal (04:00). Scenes from the everyday life of medium-sized town residents, including a shot of downtown Westwood, California near UCLA (04:22). A truck driver stops to let a mother and her child cross the road (04:41) and then continues (04:52). A sign saying, “Welcome to the Callie Truck Roadeo State Finals” (04:56). A large audience is gathered for the Truck Roadeo State Finals (04:59). A b12-trucks drives slalom in between barrels (05:00). A podium with the competition’s judges (05:12). The audience watches as different Ringsby System Trucks compete in races and precision-driving competitions (05:15). Heavy machinery and a Dodge truck used to harvest and transport roots vegetable-crops (06:48). Trucks are loaded with cargo using a fork-lift (07:31). Truckers communicate over CB radio (07:44). Larger cargo is loaded onto trucks at a terminal (08:08). A terminal worker communicates with central dispatch to ensure exact coordination (08:38). The loaded truck drives from the terminal onto the highway (09:13). The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (09:20). Snowy mountain roads (09:49) and arrives to industrial plants (09:57). A Spreckels Sugar tanker moves towards a sugar refinery (10:18). Snowy and agricultural landscapes (10:28). A harvest, with farm workers picking crops, and transportation of cauliflower crops using a spotter truck (10:49). Peterbilt cabover showing transporting large steel beam (11:23). (11:53). A truck pulls over on the highway to assist a family with a broken-down car (12:06). A central dispatch employee coordination the motor transportation (12:44). Kenworth truck arrives at a terminal (12:55). Trucks are inspected and maintenance work is performed (13:38). Forklifts load cargo into truck-trailer (14:16). Trucks delivering aid to an area struck by an emergency (14:25). Bulk tanker-trucks are inspected and loaded with dry or liquid freight (14:59). (16:16). A combine and a tractor harvesting tomato crops (16:20). Loaded crates are prepared for transportation (16:30). A forklift is used to load cargo into truck-trailers (16:45). Scenes from a Ringsby System terminal (17:06). A truck transporting a custom-made construction-product (17:37), which is then installed by a crane and construction-workers (18:20). A central dispatch employee coordination the motor transportation (18:45). Sign for Nellis AFB near Las Vegas. The construction of a highway (19:40). A truck unloaded freight at a terminal (20:03). Scenes from a town (20:16). A truck transporting a tractor (20:31). Trucks driving on highways through deserts, past the Hoover Dam, on country roads (20:44). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
