This is from a documentary about the Canadian army. The clip is of Nijmegen 1944. Love the Holiday sign and the list of flats and "Holiday activities" available. Brilliant!!!!
"Shooting both ways"... nice. 5 seconds from the end, I can't work out what's going on with this truck's cab??
I reckon that the truck is an Austin K5 'Portee and Fire' to GS conversion. I've found a couple of photos of the same type amongst my Dad's pictures. This would also be a just-postwar shot as he didn't get hold of a camera until then. L4697229 is listed as 3 ton 4x4 a/t portee from contract V4866. The plate above the radiator is the flash protector to allow forward firing. The conversion seems to have retained the soft-top cab and much of the portee stick set. Rich
I think that truck hit an overhang bridge or similar, particularly interesting, as I was over Nijmegen bridge soon after it was captured. A long time ago......... Sapper
Is that another Austin K5 trundling along in defiance of the report that all 1400 were defective at this time? Cheers Tom