Classic Railway Newsreels 1 and 2 (1994)
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Classic Railway Newsreels Steam and Modern, with John Huntley Part 1 and Part 2 on one video, a truly wonderful record of the day captured by Movietone. Short films on a wide variety of railway topics including: STEAM NEWSREELS: EARLY NEWSREELS: Eight films produced 1926 - 1937, including "Coronation Scot" from 1937. WORLD WAR 2 AND AFTER: Nine films produced 1943 – 1951, including “First Post-war Easter” (1946) and “BR Nationalisation” (1948). CRASHES: Seven films produced 1945 - 1957 including, “Harrow & Wealdstone” (1952), Lewisham (1957). END OF STEAM: Twelve films produced 1929 – 1968, including Longmoor Closes, Locos scrapped Swindon (1961), and Last BR Steam Paddington (1965). PRESERVATION: Five films produced 1927 – 1968, including “Painting the Forth Bridge” (1927). “Flying Scotsman* McAlpine” (1968), and “ Ffestiniog Centenary” (1963). MODERN NEWSREELS: INNOVATIONS: Thirteen films produced 1932 – 1967, including “Double deck train Charing Cross” (1949), “Rubber-tyred Diesel Train” (1951), “Tube anti-noise experiments” (1936 ). OPENINGS AND CLOSURES: Eleven films produced 1932 – 1972, including “London/Brighton electrification” (1933), “Central Line tube extensions” (1946/47), “Swansea & Mumbles Tram closure “(1960), “Brighton Belle Pullman ends”. (1972}. MODERNISATION : Nine films produced 1955 – 1973, including 1955 “Deltic First Service Lime Street”, 1960 “Blue Pullman out of Marylebone”, 1956 “New Swindon Inter-City DMU”. ACCIDENTS: Five films produced 1938 – 1967 , including 1947 “South Croydon electrics collision”, 1961 “Runaway DMU” at Royton Lancs. HIGH SPEED : Four films produced 1972 – 1976 , including1972 “Advanced Passenger Train*” ,1973 “HST Prototype London/Darlington”. - Actors:
- John Huntley
- Aka:
- Classic Railway Newsreels: Steam and Modern - DVD - Video 125
- Studio:
- Video 125
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest, Sports & Sport Films
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