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Tom Cruise~Australia's greatest Postman
Ooops,
That should read Tom Kruse. If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, don't miss it. Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world. http://www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com/ |
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Rodney
I vaguely remember at school in about 1960 seeing a documentary about a truck operating through the outback taking everything to an isolated settlement( including I always remember a shop-window mannequin - the driver was shown waltzing with at one point on an overnight stop). The vehicle was a British(Australian?) army 4 x 4 3-tonner of the 1939-45 War variety - possibly a Bedford. Is this the original film - or do you know the film I refer to? The vehicle shown on the film publicity on your link is definitely not the vehicle in the film.This film was shown as part of our Geography course on Australia and I suppose it could have been a "Ministry Of Information" (or the Australian equivalent) film.Isn't it strange that out of all the films you see some images are indelibly printed on the memory. I guess in this case the film had its required result - and no to my knowledge a question on the subject did not come up in the end-of-term exam - pity really! Regards Malcolm " wrote in message ... Ooops, That should read Tom Kruse. If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, don't miss it. Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world. http://www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com/ |
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Yep!
Malcolm that's the film indeed. I remember it as you do. The images I recall were on his trips across swollen flood plains in his truck, (It is a Leyland "Blitz" BTW) and it is indeed shown in the publicity, you just have to look harder I am going to order the CD. When I was a tacker, I had a Dinky toy set of the "Blitz" and a 25pound field gun It has a charm of it's own. (beautifully ugly) Here is another famous mail truck "Old Bill" with "Digger" Franklin posing complete with "band-aid" Field Post Office 1940 Taken from the Aust Post "The ANZAC Tradition" http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=425 enjoy | Rodney | I vaguely remember at school in about 1960 seeing a documentary about | a truck operating through the outback taking everything to an isolated | settlement( including I always remember a shop-window mannequin - the | driver was shown waltzing with at one point on an overnight stop). The | vehicle was a British(Australian?) army 4 x 4 3-tonner of the 1939-45 | War variety - possibly a Bedford. Is this the original film - or do | you know the film I refer to? The vehicle shown on the film publicity | on your link is definitely not the vehicle in the film.This film was | shown as part of our Geography course on Australia and I suppose it | could have been a "Ministry Of Information" (or the Australian | equivalent) film.Isn't it strange that out of all the films you see | some images are indelibly printed on the memory. I guess in this case | the film had its required result - and no to my knowledge a question | on the subject did not come up in the end-of-term exam - pity really! | Regards | Malcolm | | " wrote in message ... | Ooops, | That should read Tom Kruse. | If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, | don't miss it. | Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) | | I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? | | See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world. | | http://www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com/ |
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Well! knot my knickers!
Apologies to our American cousins, The truck is a Chevrolet "Blitz" not Leyland as I had thought. http://www.busandtruckmuseum.org.au/exhibs/011.htm | Yep! | Malcolm that's the film indeed. | I remember it as you do. | The images I recall were on his | trips across swollen flood plains in his truck, (It is a Leyland "Blitz" BTW) | and it is indeed shown in the publicity, you just have to look harder | I am going to order the CD. | | When I was a tacker, I had a Dinky toy set of the "Blitz" and a 25pound field gun | It has a charm of it's own. (beautifully ugly) | | Here is another famous mail truck "Old Bill" with "Digger" Franklin | posing complete with "band-aid" | Field Post Office 1940 | Taken from the Aust Post "The ANZAC Tradition" | | http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=425 | | enjoy | | | | | | | | Rodney | | I vaguely remember at school in about 1960 seeing a documentary about | | a truck operating through the outback taking everything to an isolated | | settlement( including I always remember a shop-window mannequin - the | | driver was shown waltzing with at one point on an overnight stop). The | | vehicle was a British(Australian?) army 4 x 4 3-tonner of the 1939-45 | | War variety - possibly a Bedford. Is this the original film - or do | | you know the film I refer to? The vehicle shown on the film publicity | | on your link is definitely not the vehicle in the film.This film was | | shown as part of our Geography course on Australia and I suppose it | | could have been a "Ministry Of Information" (or the Australian | | equivalent) film.Isn't it strange that out of all the films you see | | some images are indelibly printed on the memory. I guess in this case | | the film had its required result - and no to my knowledge a question | | on the subject did not come up in the end-of-term exam - pity really! | | Regards | | Malcolm | | | | " wrote in message ... | | Ooops, | | That should read Tom Kruse. | | If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, | | don't miss it. | | Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) | | | | I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? | | | | See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world. | | | | http://www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com/ | | |
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Hello Rodney
Yes that is definitely the vehicle. Not unlike the Bedford 3-tonner, but thats not surprising really - Chevrolet and Bedford were both divisions of general Motors - and I suppose really that the specification for standardised military trucks being similar an overall similar appearance is inevitable. What made me think of the Bedford was the winch bar across the front of the radiator,which was very much the trade mark of the WW2 Bedford. I didn't see the the truck on the publicity material as my attention was taken by the Leyland Beaver. I used to be a bus driver and I was always fond of Leylands - now alas no more- having being absorbed by some Swedish outfit beginning with V. Regards Malcolm "Rodney" wrote in message ... Well! knot my knickers! Apologies to our American cousins, The truck is a Chevrolet "Blitz" not Leyland as I had thought. http://www.busandtruckmuseum.org.au/exhibs/011.htm | Yep! | Malcolm that's the film indeed. | I remember it as you do. | The images I recall were on his | trips across swollen flood plains in his truck, (It is a Leyland "Blitz" BTW) | and it is indeed shown in the publicity, you just have to look harder | I am going to order the CD. | | When I was a tacker, I had a Dinky toy set of the "Blitz" and a 25pound field gun | It has a charm of it's own. (beautifully ugly) | | Here is another famous mail truck "Old Bill" with "Digger" Franklin | posing complete with "band-aid" | Field Post Office 1940 | Taken from the Aust Post "The ANZAC Tradition" | | http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox...to&PhotoID=425 | | enjoy | | | | | | | | Rodney | | I vaguely remember at school in about 1960 seeing a documentary about | | a truck operating through the outback taking everything to an isolated | | settlement( including I always remember a shop-window mannequin - the | | driver was shown waltzing with at one point on an overnight stop). The | | vehicle was a British(Australian?) army 4 x 4 3-tonner of the 1939-45 | | War variety - possibly a Bedford. Is this the original film - or do | | you know the film I refer to? The vehicle shown on the film publicity | | on your link is definitely not the vehicle in the film.This film was | | shown as part of our Geography course on Australia and I suppose it | | could have been a "Ministry Of Information" (or the Australian | | equivalent) film.Isn't it strange that out of all the films you see | | some images are indelibly printed on the memory. I guess in this case | | the film had its required result - and no to my knowledge a question | | on the subject did not come up in the end-of-term exam - pity really! | | Regards | | Malcolm | | | | " wrote in message ... | | Ooops, | | That should read Tom Kruse. | | If you every get an opportunity to see this very interesting film, | | don't miss it. | | Shows the Australia we all loved (and miss) | | | | I think this film won an award in Venice around the late 50's? | | | | See Tom and one of the most famous Mail Trucks in the world. | | | | http://www.lastmailfrombirdsville.com/ | | |
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