Video tour of fifties Triumph motorcycle factory
February 23rd, 2007 | View blog reactions
Now here’s a rare video nugget. You would never see this much details from a motorcycle factory today. This is a 30 min. infomercial, I think we would call it now, from Triumph made back in the late fifties. Starts off with a hobo finding some note with a technical illustration on the side of the road, which he hands over to a jolly old motorcycle riding chap passing by. Jolly motorcycle chap gives the hobo a lift on his way to the Triumph factory, and thats where an amazing walk through of the Triumph factory at the time begins. That’s real old school.
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Hi. I hope you can help me? I am looking for some more information about this video (1950’s triumph). We are really interested in using this footage and would like to know if you could point us in the right direction of the person who owns the rights to the film.
Any help you can provide would be really good.
Joanna, I’m sorry, but I don’t know who owns the rights. I just found it online.
Good
Triumph best motorcycles in the world.
The Meriden ones are the best.
I was an apprentice at the Triumph when this film was made, & have a VHS of this & other old footage. It always brings back loads of memories.Thanks for bringing it to everyone’s attention.
Amazing, Doug. I you want any help in sharing those golden moments with the rest of us, I’d be happy to assist.
dam it dam it dam it it will not load 4 me Iv been to google vids and tried to down load but no luck i get the first 20 or 30 seconds then it freezes dam it dam it dam it
both my father and stepbrother worked at the triumph,way back when.
my dad was a driver who took spares on a motorbike and sidecar,more a box really,he also drove a van here there and everywhere,a lot of the time when we were kids we would go as well.
my stepbrother was a tester when he came out of the raf,we used to go to the annual sports day at the meriden factory,we had some fantastic times.
it would have been nice if i,d have seen my dad on the film,but it was fantastic anyway.thanks to whoever owns it. regards derek greaves redditch,
Please help! I can’t seem to view this! I can only see 1 or 2 seconds at a time is there another site where i can view this film?