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Transport on Trial

Date released

1939

Series name

Point of View

Issue no

4

NoS ID

352945

Story no

1 / 1

Today’s Cinema synopsis: Mr. Pro wants all transport to be unified under one government department, but Mr. Con argues that the railways themselves should be left to settle the question. The film produces...

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Transport Asks for Square Deal All Round

Date released

19 Jan 1939

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

824

NoS ID

036412

Story no

6 / 6

Railways appeal to Transport Minister for relief, but Road Transport also has a case for a "square deal".

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Research

Date released

1950

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

8

NoS ID

349271

Story no

3 / 3

BTF synopsis: piece spotlighting London Transport laboratories at Chiswick and Greenwich Power Station and the testing of paint durability. Tests done on light bulb life and axle stress too.

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Comparisons in Comfort

Date released

1947

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

1

NoS ID

349245

Story no

1 / 7

NoS synopsis: A brief history of the bus from the 1829 Shillibeer model (displayed with an actor and horses), via a knife-board with a shire horse to a 1947 petrol bus - the RT3. A new eight-foot wide...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

18 Jul 1927

Series name

Gaumont Mirror

Issue no

24

NoS ID

333414

Story no

1 / 5

NoS synopsis: road-making

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New Coastal Road

Date released

29 May 1933

Series name

Gaumont Sound News

Issue no

361

NoS ID

389790

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Made to Measure

Date released

1950

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

6

NoS ID

349265

Story no

1 / 3

NoS synopsis: The RT bus is tested vigorously before setting out on the road for the first time. Here we see several stages - the chassis being loaded onto the engine, and rain tests. This testing is done at...

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Kenyan Road

Series name

Colonial Cinemagazine

Issue no

8

NoS ID

334402

Story no

1 / 2

BFI synopsis: The construction of a road from Nairobi to Limuru.

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Children’s Coronation

Date released

1953

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

13

NoS ID

349278

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: The transport services made it possible for millions of people to participate in Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation, and this film reveals a little known aspect of their work on that day. As a...

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Crowthorne Road Research Laboratory

Date released

Jul 1968

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

31

NoS ID

324732

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: Accident prevention experiments by the Road Research Laboratory.

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