Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie — Season 1, Episode 1: 1930s: The Road to War
Documentary • 47 min • 2 seasons, 8 episodes
Episode synopsis
Witness Chris driving the world’s fastest steam locomotive, the A4 Gresley, before he takes a flight in a Dragon Rapide, one of Britain’s most successful early commercial airliners. This decade also introduced us to the Morris, the mass-produced car which went on to influence the production of one of the fastest tanks of WWII – the Crusader.
About Britain's Greatest Machines With Chris Barrie
Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie is a documentary television series from National Geographic Channel. It is showing the technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries from a British point of view. Chris Barrie is the host and is testing various means of transportation.