1939 Bedford-Scammell OSS

1939 Bedford-Scammell OSS in The Big Melt: How Steel Made Us Hard, Documentary, 2013

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

00:59:44 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2014-03-20 01:34	Bedford?? HVX plate = late 39/early 40. WW2 footage for blackout paint on body edges.
chris40 ◊ 2014-03-20 08:25	Bedford-Scammell OSS, by the look of it.
truckface ◊ 2014-03-20 10:51	Bedford O, i`ll say. Based on the door.
dsl ◊ 2014-03-20 14:07	Bedford-Scammell OSS seems to be 1945+ from our collection which is too late for plate (and probably for blackout paint by that stage of WW2??). Any advance on just Bedford O??
Sunbar ◊ 2014-03-20 14:42	"A new Bedford-Scammell Quick-coupling Articulated 8-tonner is Found to be a Fast, Economical and Roadworthy Outfit." March 1939 Commercial Motor Read more at Link to "archive.commercialmotor.com" There were a number of innovations in 1938. The first Bedford-Scammell artics for gross loads of up to 12 tons were listed as factory produced models and a new 72 bhp 3.5 litre petrol engine announced. From "An History Of Road Transport" By Charles Walker via Google books. Bedford-Scammell coupling looks to be introduced pre-WWII as above
dsl ◊ 2018-06-26 20:16	Hauling 4-ton oak trunks. Reused from this 1943 film, which confirms HVX 650 plate, Essex Nov-Dec 1939.