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Rapier Truck Mixers

1961 , Ipswich (Suffolk)

Cat no. 829

Film advocating the convenience and space saving properties of the Rapier truck mixers, made by Ransomes and Rapier of Ipswich: ready mixed concrete is delivered to building sites and piped directly into foundations.

At Road Machine Limited's London batching site, a Rapier truck mixer is loaded and goes to a building site in Oxford Street. In the countryside, truck mixers pour concrete into the footings of a house building project. Rapier machinery at a Midlands quarry, possibly Rugby, takes concrete to building sites and to a sea defence project. More sites feature: one at a farm, one in London. Other applications are shown; truck mixers are seen under construction at the Ransome and Rapier works.

Featured Buildings

Ransomes and Rapier Works.

Keywords

Building construction, Concrete; Sea defences

Other Places

London, The Midlands

Background Information

Gilbert Hawker, who lived in Ipswich, made several films for Ransomes and Rapier after leaving Boulton and Hawker Films. Ransomes and Rapier, dating back to 1869 and an offshoot of Ransomes, specialised in equipment for the railways, water engineering and earth excavation.

Manifestations

Rapier Truck Mixers

  • Barcode
    INV337868
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:18:59
    Modification Date
    27/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    730284
  • Barcode
    INV345974
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:18:59
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    725124
  • Barcode
    INV356885
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:18:59
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724320
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV379875
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:18:59
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    709115
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV210639
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:03
    Modification Date
    05/11/2010
    Parts
    Reference
    696577
  • Barcode
    INV213127
    Canonical Identifier
    C-130
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    colour
    Colour Type
    colour
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:21:00
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    13/10/2010
    Parts
    Reference
    693882
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    variable area
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??0299
    Canonical Identifier
    A-88
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561193

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