1917 Real WWI Footage Menin Road Ypres & Albion Truck

The Menin Road was the main carriage way to the Allied / Australian Flanders Battlefields of Polygon Wood Messines and Passchendaele. An infamous spot along Menin Road was called Hell Fire Corner which as it is today, was a cross roads. Hell Fire Corner was named as it was under fire of German Artillery. Thus hessian hides were erected so that Germans could not see traffic. The Albion Truck was a common motorised vehicle on the road. Scottish Company, Albion Motor Car Company Ltd during World War 1 built for the War Office large quantities of 3 ton trucks powered by a 32 hp engine using chain drive to the rear wheels. These were common truck on the road. The Abion truck shown at end of footage is located at Army Museum Bandiana Wodonga Victoria. Albions are as "Sure as the Sunrise".

Added 30 Mar 2026