These are obviously from an Essex Regiment.
 

There should be other footage somewhere as I have also seen a carrier bearing the name Colchester.

Cheers
Kevin

i noticed on the side of the universal carrier it has SAod then 177/5 underneath, anyone able to elaborate on this ? when i freeze up the footage on the rear i beleive the number on the carrier is T 21483 ??

Another youtube film from the Achtehoekweekend 2009 from Keep them Rolling in Holland :D :D :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUUpLmXwI1w

1st carrier is me :D :D :D second is Willem Keizer. :no4:

Hendrik :cheers: :cheers:

here's one for you all guys....those with sky plus, go into the anytime TV there is a show advertised as world war II the apocalypse (in colour) early footage taken from the war when hitler invaded Belgium as a distraction technique there is footage of the british and french army rolling through, and a fantastic section of colour footage of a true bren carrier T2630, close up you ca see the writing the boys have grafiti'd along the side armour ! worth a look if you can guys.... just paused it to come on here there may be more yet to come :D

Liberation of Hengelo The Netherlands with a lot of carriers, some other armor and a Weasel :no4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI81KbnSbSIs

Greetings

Hendrik :cool:

Malformed ID message on YouTube
 

I did another search and this one worked for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI81KbnSbSI

Looks like there's an extra 's' in your link.

Interesting video!

You are right, an extra s, but here are another two of the liberation of Zutphen, again with a a lot of carriers, a cab 11 or 12 and a :no4: weasel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFi_140U_Go&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMJ84...eature=related

Greetings

Hendrik

us one :P ---->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGVym...eature=related


or --->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuK_yDQOPs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRtym...eature=related

:D :D

That last one was very funny .... LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyL2llcibRs

Testdriving in the snow for Liberty Camp Delden april 2010 the Netherlands.

http://www.libertycampdelden.nl/

Hendrik :cheers:

Wow, looks great. Film that in B/W and you'd think it was wartime.

How to tak out a carrier with a home made bomb
 

brief carrier footage about 5 mins in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3XA5p2rZGg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua6PH...eature=related

a new one, slow drive by

Hey Kevin that carrier on yours was fair shifting ! i keep forgetting that they can go some pace in the right hands

Not exactly You Tube - better than a new thread
 

Hello All,

I found a link from the site Southern Ontario Military Muster that shows some footage of couple of CMP's that have been restored in Canada. It is called
Restoring Glory - featuring Geoff Bottoms and Mike Timoshyk's restored Ford Army trucks in Windsor, Ont.



http://www.militarymuster.org/video_...h/video_01.htm

Enjoy

Sorry Carrier people I just realised this old thread was in your section and not the soft skin one - I have asked the moderators to shift it - my apologies :note:

Kind Regards
Lionel

interesting just spotted this..... note the image i have used this on forums in the past..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...-625x450-1.jpg

now check out the footage from TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfzL...eature=related
its at 1:16 its the same carrier.... it drew my attention as its the same scheme i want to use....funny how you can watch footage a million times and still notice things previously missed !

it has the same damaged front sand guard your carrier has Richie !! you need to leave your crumpled now .

hahahaha i have a feeling they will end up like that in any event.. :)

Blitz Mail Run - something most of would like to try
 

Hi Scott

Your post of the The Bush Trucker Man in his Chevy Blitz

Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQ1mkCvQ8c is one of those really goods ones.

The trip is one of those that I suspect most of us would love to try in our CMPs with that goes our envy for those who get to do it.

Thanks for sharing the site.

Cheers Phil

Memories
 

Hi Scott

That was a great post. It bought back so many good memories of the Australian Outback not many have seen. I would love to have been on that trip with the Blitz and knowing how hard those old guys did the mail run years ago. I last did the trip with a bunch of mates about 10 years ago and I did it in my Pajero. Thanks for the memories. :thup2:

Cheers

Tony :no4:

Jeff Fullwood
 

I've met Jeff several times, a great bloke. First time I saw his blitz was at the 50th anniversary of the Back of Beyond in Marree where we played the movie in 2004.

http://gallery.me.com/oldcmp.net/100...45-226/web.jpg


I, along with a couple of collaborators made the documentary "Last Mail from Birdsville - the story of Tom Kruse" which is available as part of the Back of Beyond collection from the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Funny people
 

I love what people write in the comments section.

One says... "Dear Santa"

Canberra
 

Just watched the intro, amazing... at 2:15 there's an Australian Canberra bombing at low level.

And in the background...
 

Look what we have here! Instantly this has become a quality production regardless of anything else. :teach:

https://img.skitch.com/20120505-mw4j...pt14rnw1md.jpg

Culture
 

Yes I did notice that - Vietnamese people do have excellent taste

Chevrolet manufacturing
 

Not CMPs but a 1936 film with some very interesting footage of casting, engine building, in fact the whole car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvAH-...hannel&list=UL

But think about what the safety boys would say
 

Hi Keith

Love old manufacturing movies - But think about what the safety boys would say. Being a Chevy person, I particularly enjoy the old GM stuff.

But what caught my eye right off the bat, was the guys in the machine shop wearing neck ties. Yes, it was the fashion but really. My dad was an electrical engineer but worked on a lot of electro/mechanical equipment. I know I never saw him with a regular tie always wore clip-on bow ties.

When I was running an engineering project we had an old school machinist in charge of the machine shop, that old guy would hit of the power kill buttons in the shop that would stop all motors every-time some suit wearing a tie would walk into the shop. Don't really know if he was that safety conscious or just saw visitors to his shop as being a waste of time.

Cheers Phil

Old Girl Puts Up A Good Fight, But...
 

This will bring a tear to a restorer's eye:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxjj3c5tK7k

No match for operator skill and hydraulic power. Shame.

Dismantling
 

That was brutal!

Make it rather difficult to restore too.