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Babbage vs Brunel, Rail Crash (1972)
DavidBromage
59 views
Gilliamesque animation from the 1972 Horizon documentary Rail Crash. The narrator is Paul Vaughan.
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The Diesel Train Driver: An Introduction To The Diesel Train (1959)
DavidBromage
145 views
A British Railways staff instruction film from 1959. This was made concurrently with the public promotional film Diesel Trainride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtK_h9ryg...
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Groundwork for Progress (1959)
DavidBromage
452 views
A short film showing changes for British Railways under the Modernisation Plan and the career opportunities that might be available, until Dr Beeching got his teeth into th...
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A Future On Rail (1957)
DavidBromage
1,122 views
An optimistic recruiting film encouraging school leavers to consider a career with British Railways. Unfortunately many who joined faced an uncertain future four years late...
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Making Tracks (1956)
DavidBromage
2,969 views
A short film showing how railway track was laid in the days before 'elf and safety went mad.
Published Crown copyright material has protection for 50 years from date of pu...
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This Is York (1953)
DavidBromage
950 views
A look at York station through the eyes of the Station Master.
Published Crown copyright material has protection for 50 years from date of publication. Copyright on this...
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Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955)
DavidBromage
2,210 views
A short film about rescuing a snowbound train in the Pennines.
Published Crown copyright material has protection for 50 years from date of publication. Copyright on this...
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Diesel Trainride (1959)
DavidBromage
9,359 views
A short film about a ride on a new Derby Diesel Multiple Unit (later class 114) from Norwich to Cambridge. Spooner Row (4:55) hasn't changed much in 52 years!
See also th...
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Service to Southend (1957)
DavidBromage
2,911 views
A short film about the electrification of the London to Southend line.
Published Crown copyright material has protection for 50 years from date of publication. Copyright o...
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Modelling for the Future (1961)
DavidBromage
2,474 views
Film showing model railway experiments for the Folkestone Channel Tunnel terminal decades before it was built. Current Eurotunnel planners might shudder at the thought of M...
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