Mobile Publicity for the British Legion
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THE British Legion has placed in service a mobile broadcasting and cinema van, which is at present touring the Home Counties, covering about 200
miles a week. It is advertising the Legion's exhibition, which is being held in London this month. A pleasing appearance is presented by this vehicle, with its smooth lines and blue and gold colour scheme.
Adapted from a mobile canteen used during the war by the Women's Voluntary Service, the van is a forward-control G.M.C. with deft-hand drive. It has a six-cylindered 30 h.p. engine and 'aahree-speed gearbox, and on each side cff the driver's compartment there is a jack-knife door. Some British transport operators may be familiar with this type of vehicle.
.Behind the driver's seat is a desk, which incorporates twin 15-watt amplifiers and a control panel embodying switches and fuses. A gramophone turntable, recessed in the desk, and a microphone are connected to two loudspeakers mounted fore and aft on the roof. The amplifiers can be removed and used on AC. mains when required, but are normally run off a 12-volt battery, two being installed for this purpose.
An A.C. rectifier is installed in the 'battery compactment and charging is done from a built-in Brirnain 230-volt A.C. generating plant or from any suitable A.C. mains point available when in a garage.
The generator, driven by a singlecyliadered J.A.P. engine, is mounted opposite the desk in the vehicle by the off-side entrance. Running along the off side is a bunk, under which there is storage space.
Held against the side over the bunk is a long box containing a cinema screen. This box can be taken out of the van through the twin rear doors and the screen can be erected to stand by itself. Film shows can thus be held virtually anywhere.
The fitting-up of this vehicle with film and loud-speaker . equipment was done by British Films, Ltd. DEATH OF MR. H. C. GODSMARK THE death has occurred, after a long
illness, of MR. H. C. GODSMARK, general manager of Newcastle-onTyne Corporation's transport undertaking. He was appointed general manager at Newcastle•in 1941, in succession to Mr. T. P. Easton. Before going to Newcastle he was general manager at Huddersfield for eight years. Previously he had been with the Nottingham undertaking as deputy general manager, Manchester Corporation, and the former London County Council tramways.
The Austin Motor Co, Ltd., is being inundated by orders for its 1947 log book and diary, but this is sold out, and difficulties in connection with paper forbid a reprint.