Road Railers Aka Land Rover Road-Rail Vehicle (1961)

Solihull, Warwickshire. M/S of caterpillar wheels going through mud. M/S of caterpillar wheels driving away from the camera. M/S of a Land Rover with “caterpillar tracks“ instead of wheels driving through a pool of water. The caterpillar tracks are useful for “really rough country“. C/U of the driver. M/S of the Land Rover coming towards the camera along a muddy track. Panning shot of the vehicle going through woodland away from the camera. Panning shot of the Land Rover driving past two women on bicycles, around a corner into a goods railway yard. The narrator points out that, in addition to the caterpillar tracks, the vehicle has an extra set of wheels at the front. M/S of the Land Rover driving onto railway tracks. M/S of the vehicle parking over the tracks. The hydraulically operated bogie wheels are lowered from the front of the vehicle - “impenetrable country inspired this further addition to the vehicle's collection of spare parts“. M/S of the bogie wheels touching the tracks. C/U of