The Railway Children (1970) - Part 11

[CutandPrintFilms]

One of the greatest films ever!

"Daddy, my daddy!" Oh!

Still brings tears to my eyes!

[TNTbombbl]

I read the book and it was great but seeing it on screen is just AMAZING!!!

[draina97]

this movie is soo helpful... now i know how to make my script...

[226halo]

@irongiant20012001 thank u so much for posting this! i love u forever more

[youngLaraCroft]

GReat film I love it, thank you ever so much for posting this!

[borborcarcar]

I got a english test bout this tomorrow :D

[OnceThereWasMusic]

Niiiice, had to read the book and I scrolled through the movie aswell for the area English competition thats tomorrow :D

[JaneandLana]

I always cry like a baby when I see this..

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

From what I gather, I must be one of the few people who doesn't start crying at this!

[thicketwings05]

my papa always cries at this.

[PinkElephantTV1]

Thank you so much for posting, I watched it this Christmas morning. It brought back lovely memories of watching it with my family as a child.

[StreetlySaviour]

Such a feel-good film, many thanks!

[NobodyTossesADwarf91]

DAMN YOU YOUTUBE! It just started buffering as her Daddy appeared! This is an iconic scene, I love it so much.

[strawberrydream99]

thankyou for posting this! i auditioning to be in the play tomorow lol. cant wait! i wanna be phil!

[irongiant20012001]

@strawberrydream99 Good luck!!

[Loverboy19691]

This still brings tears to my eyes and ive watched this more than once, and i'm a 42 year old man! My dad died in 1991, i really hope that one day when its my turn to go i will meet my dad in heaven and we will greet eachother just like that!

[CREN13Queen]

lol "They'll have to marry now" I love how matter of fact it seems

[britfree1]

wow i kill people for living i thought i had a heart of stone iv never cried in my life but when that scene ,daddy my daddy made me cry like a baby

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@britfree1 In the 2000 version even Bobbie started crying when they hugged each other!

[daylightlover]

Thank you very much. There was one version of this film done in black and white,which i can't find. The b&w is real strong in the beginning. Great movie.

[nicelydone31]

daddy my daddy! cue tears...

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

It puzzles me as to why Phyllis is wearing such a heavy coat on what appears to be a fine day!

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

"Hurry up, Fatty - for goodness' sake!"

"I can't - my bootlace is undone!"

"When you get married, your bootlace will come undone going up the aisle, and the man that you marry will tumble over and smash his nose in!"

"I'd rather marry a man with a smashed-in nose than not marry at all!"

[WillJoeDoctorwhofans]

"They'll have to marry now."

[anjelita32]

One of the sweetest movies ive ever seen!

[MrValiant61]

I hope i never become so cynical with life, that i can`t watch the railway platform scene, without welling up inside. The look in Jenny Agutter`s eye`s are spell-binding.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@MrValiant61 This was listed as one of the top ten most tear-jeking films of all time - quite appropriate that there's a 'Robert Cryer' in the credits at the end!

[LaRouxNo1]

havent seen this since i was about 5. never cried so hard at a film, either...

[AlenaJolie]

@unlikeanyotherhuman There will always be Godly, caring people, because God will always have a people that serve Him.

[XRobin09X]

have to say i prefer this version to the newer version. its a brilliant film. i loved it as a child and now even at 19 i still love it. its a classic film. x

[alwestover]

I have watched the entire show and must say this can't be topped by the live performance I just saw in Toronto. Thank you for posting such a delightful family show.

[luvtub]

The Waterburys ought to consider a newspaper subscription.

[JINAYKHAN]

thank you so so much for this.. its just what i needed to watch, I miss my childhood today. what a beautiful film.

[BritishRailways60163]

Jenny Agutter was so good in this! Classic film! :)

[marycatfish]

Thank you so much for uploading this movie. It was lovely.

[KangoTV]

Perks was awesome.

[luscious2468]

'Daddy , My daddy'... Still makes me cry... Beautiful art of work.. Classic.

[LAMPARDIO]

@unlikeanyotherhuman Weaker parents are also to blame these days for allowing their kids to walk all over them thus becoming spoilt self obsessed/absorbed kids. I think its because parents drink more these days and kids can atually be more in touch with reality than them so obviously for them its not healthy. Your mum and dad are supposed to be responsible, and maybe wait till they move till they become smack heads.

[LAMPARDIO]

@unlikeanyotherhuman How is this our world a harsh world. I think that is a little bit over the top... But Im with you I myself am a good caring person and got emotional when she screamed daddy oh daddy! I agree more people are raised badly from these days, but there's hope for them!!

[LAMPARDIO]

Amazingly made film....

[LAMPARDIO]

I was number 50 to like this....sweeet :)

[abdull0431]

brock IELP reading

[CplElite]

Still makes me cry :)

[talulah123]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE ASWELL!

[shanie119]

Simply a fantastic part of all our childhoods, amazing really if u think about it how lucky we all were 2 have this event thanx.

[TheJohn3b]

It's been a very long time since I read the book and then I found this beautiful, charming, movie, I loved it to bits. It took me back to a place very far away from 2011. The platform scene at the end, "Daddy, my daddy" dear god show me a dad who loves his daughter, who could possibly resist shedding a tear (even a sneaked one)

[dotcomguy79]

what a great movie! thank you!

[Browncoatt22]

Every bloody time, no matter how hard I try, when she says "Daddy, my daddy!" I well up like a big ol' baby :')

[nmpost7]

@unlikeanyotherhuman How true, indeed, how true!

[krimskrams]

what a charming movie. loved every minute of it! :)

[Gillyyorkie]

@unlikeanyotherhuman

My Grandparents lived directly opposite Oxenhope Railway station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. This film is and always has been a favourit I was five years old when this was filmed and I can't watch it without shedding a tear at the end . This filmis Timeless always will be

[guyascott]

weird thing happens at 7:05, look at the tree's in the right of the scene above the cobbled wall, it seems like the branch breaks off and runs along the grass.. or maybe it's predator...

[rockstar690]

Oh dear god...that platform scene gets me every single time...

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I think Ribblehead would've been a good place to have filmed this. The book mentions there being a viaduct, yet neither this film or the 2000 version have one, so they could've used the Ribblehead Vidauct - and Blea Moor Tunnel!

[Mickolboy1]

"Daddy, my daddy" can blow away anything on the screen, got tears even even writing this.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@Mickolboy1 I wonder if Bobbie knew subconsciously that her father was coming home and went down to the station for that reason? The book seemed to suggest that.

[rockstar690]

@Mickolboy1 yep, that's it exactly...

[seekingatrialogue]

so beautifully emotional...

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

This is where the 2000 version is closer to the book:

1. Peter gets the engine for his birthday instead of for Christmas.

2. The children get to meet the Station Master as well as Perks.

3. The Station Master, rather than Bobbie and Phyllis, catches Peter taking the coal.

4. Peter's engine is repaired by a relative of the fireman's rather than by Perks. (Peter shares it with Bobbie as her birthday present and she later takes it down to the station to ask the driver if he can fix it.)

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@googlygeek Personally, I slightly prefer the 2000 version, for these reasons:

1. Overall, the 2000 version seems closer to the book.

2. Although the mother refers to having to 'play at being poor for a bit', in this version they still look quite well off after moving away, whereas in the 2000 version they do actually look quite poor - they're always wearing the same (and much more basic) clothes.

3. The setting - I think Horsted Keynes is a much bigger and better station than Oakworth.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

4. I only just realised this today, but I think the actor who plays the father in the 2000 version has a much more friendly-looking face - I can't help thinking that in this version he looks a bit gruff.

So although this is a very good film and I certainly don't knock it, I think the 2000 version slightly edges it. Maybe the fact that there was someone who appeared in both films might have something to do with them at least being comparable to each other!

[BNCA70]

oh man, on every Christmas in the 70s. Event television eh. Most of the kids I know nowadays would never sit down and watch a film like that, that long, all the way through. Being nice to each other just ain't trendy anymore.

[irongiant20012001]

@unlikeanyotherhuman I couldn't agree more - the world we live in today, and the norms that people adopt today are anything but wholesome. The family is under attack, and that's what we need to make our #1 priority.

[Draculhuhn]

@irongiant20012001 yeah? And what if families fail to protect their children? They failed on a big scale, I'd say - a families strenght comes from within. I have had enough experience of that sort. I think the form of family that you are thinking of does exist in dreams . That is okay, if you are aware of it.

[Long23]

@irongiant20012001 Oh nonsense. When this film was made Daily Mail readers were whining about permissive society and the end of "traditional values" as they had done for a hundred years before then. Don't get fooled into the idea of a departed idyll that never existed; we have it pretty good, kids are more protected now than they ever were by the oppressive silence of a society where abuse was concealed for fear of "making a fuss". "Daddy" was a socialist locked up for trying to make a change

[welshnick300365]

I think there is a suspicion of indecency about the reunion scene.

It looked like tongues to me.

[QANTAS330]

beautifully acted. needless to say the station platform scene just leaves me in a mess. just so lovely!!!

[mrmister102]

it was in the top 100 tear jearking moments on channel 4,a lovely moment when daugter and father are reunited.bet it would bring a tear to most peoples eyes

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@mrmister102 Yeah. In the introduction to the 2000 version Jenny Agutter says that Edith Nesbit's father died when she was four, and so feels that the return of a father in this story is so significant. Nesbit knew what it was like to be without a father, so she could imagine how the children must have felt.

[matthewrcollins1]

I cried like a three year old whose burst his balloon. Wonderful film.

[highfieldharry]

@matthewrcollins1 Your not the only one!

[stevelaker]

"Daddy! My Daddy!" Never fails to choke me. We're going to see the adaptation at Waterloo Station next Saturday and can't wait!

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@stevelaker According to The Railway Magazine it's actually been extended to January 2 because it's been so popular! Just as well, because I haven't had a chance to see it!

[museticalsuburbia]

I saw a production of this at Waterloo Station yesterday. If you love the film, you must go and see it. It's amazing!

[TheTintin185]

thanks for posting this - one of the best scenes in film. Perfect in fact. Metalbucket2 - yes, me too!

[metalbucket2]

The reunion scene between Roberta and her father is so emotional. It chokes me up every time I see it.

[mammasbabas]

What is that in the background, falling over the wall? About 7.01 upper right hand corner. It looks like chopped down branches but it disappears.

[matthewrcollins1]

@mammasbabas I think it's a branch that was stuck there in a rather feeble attempt to hide the very 20th century factory behind. Presumably it wasn't put there sufficiently securely, or someone got tired of holding it up.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I'd be interested to know what happened afterwards - did they carry on living in that house or did they go back to London? Did the father get his job back? Did they eventually tell Peter and Phyllis why he'd been away? If so, how did they take it?

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Thinking about it, maybe they'd come to like living near the railway so much that they decided to stay there! Perhaps they might have been able to live a bit more comfortably once the father came back, but other than that they probably carried on as they were.

[evelutionofone]

My dream of a real family too so loving and open and caring

awesome movie...

[Ilovecats112233]

Now the Waterburys are my idea of a happy family. The way people spoke in those days (particularly those of my age) was much more polite. I expect it was also considered more appropriate for strangers to be friendly and chatty, for instance on the buses - I'm from the South of England where people keep themselves to themselves if they don't know each other. Wouldn't it be grand if people today were so committed to looking out for everybody?

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@Ilovecats112233 I wonder where they got the name 'Waterbury' from - the book doesn't actually mention their surname.

[ricky070572]

@Ilovecats112233 It would be a nicer to place to be..... wouldn,t it..........X

[Thompsongs]

@Ilovecats112233 I couldn't agree more.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I went to see a musical of this a few days ago and one particularly amusing bit was this:

Passenger: "Does this train stop at Dover?"

Perks: It's gonna be a bloody big splash if it doesn't!"

[pokeyoakey]

I haven't seen the 2000 version of Railway Children, but this version is simply charming. I've watched it several times now and haven't yet tired of it. What a perfect world they inhabit.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Well, I'd certainly recommend it! One difference is that whereas this version goes straight from Bobbie telling Peter and Phyllis to get help to Jim being carried out of the tunnel, the 2000 film has a bit more in between.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I've now watched both films fairly thoroughly, and I've come to realise that they both have bits cut out of them, but the bits that aren't in one are in the other so they more or less cancel each other out in this respect.

I still think I prefer the other one though - I like the style much better. Horsted Keynes is a much bigger station than Oakworth. Also, they look a lot poorer in that one as they're always wearing the same clothes - and the clothes are a lot more basic, as is the house.

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Another things that's interesting is this bit from the 2000 film:

Mother: "When you go down to the station you won't walk on the line, will you?"

Bobbie: "But didn't you ever walk on the railway lines when you were little?"

Mother: "Yes. Alright, then!"

Well, she DID walk on the lines when she was younger - when she played Bobbie in this film!

[rockstar690]

@Inkyminkyzizwoz I wonder if that was an "in film" nod to the original. Be nice to think so...

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

@rockstar690 Actually, those lines are in fact in the book. Still, it's nevertheless pretty amazing!

[simpsonmark]

Daddy, my daddy!

[MickeyLove01]

That's weird, the actor who played Jim was 20, name Christopher Witty and this was his last film role.......

[Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I've just finished watching this film all the way through! Thanks for uploading it!

I saw the remake on TV on New Year's Day and I'm inclined to think that that's probably an exception to the tendency of remakes of classic films not being as good as the original.

In fact, the purists will probably hate me for saying this, but after having seen this version properly again, I think I'd even go as far to say that the remake is better!

[skylinetink44]

A good , old fashioned, proper film , no special effects or computer generated images like so many today ! Love it !

[Ilovecats112233]

I'm old-fashioned for an 18-year-old, though I do have some 21st Century views where it is necessary. I prefer to use a bit of oldies language frankly for the sake of bringing something different to my college. For instance, when something is good I like to say 'fab' or 'splendid' because I hear the words 'cool' and 'awesome' too often for my liking.

[moodyblue1964]

Hey whatever you are is fine, there is much to be said for the values we see in this film and i can see you might identify with it.

Anyway, ever since i were small i have loved this film, it never fails to make me cry as it has so much charm and value the likes of which so sadly lack today.

[Ilovecats112233]

On the other hand, this 21st Century has almost achieved equality and chores are a lot easier due to technology, but the music (in my opinion) is false, shallow and soul-less with far too much attention to the glamour and dress sense, technology has practically taken over households so that families don't do nice things anymore, television has much improved special effects but none of the class it used to have.

[charlievkismyqueen]

@Ilovecats112233 I understand the point you're making entirely and you made it well, but I think that in a world where 1 in 4 women are raped in a lifetime (and indeed an 11 YEAR OLD girl was effectively blamed for being gangraped by 18 men in Texas recently) and I innocently scrolled down my Facebook feed to see an 18 year old boy leave a comment on a Chinese friend of mine's status calling him a "chinky queer c*nt" , I hardly think it's fair to say that we've almost achieved equality. Not yet.

[Ilovecats112233]

There is good and bad in both the 20th and 21st Century. The 20th Century was a more innocent time when people were well-mannered and children would play outside like real children and families would sing and make decorations at Christmas, and the music was wonderful and it was actually the music itself that was valued, not the half-naked glamour. All this came at a price as there was much poverty, racism, sexism, homophobism, arranged marriages and even this country was dominated by religion.

[stevemichaelsimmons]

I like the way the foliage they've stuck on top of the wall to try and cover the modern farm in the background falls off at 7:04

[blaster2012]

@stevemichaelsimmons,the times i watched this film,i never noticed that.Eagle eyes!!

[CPRCanadian]

An Amazing movie filled with authentic dignity and pure "charm". Thank you kindly for posting.

[birdnoh]

i do love this film thanks for uploading it