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  1. Steam Beaten by Electricity

    Date released
    24 Apr 1930
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    416
    NoS ID
    050533
    Story no
    7 / 8

    Slade catalogue entry: Steam beaten by electricity. Mighty railway locomotive loses badly in tug-of-war against new type electric engine. Tacoma, USA. Two engines shown coupled together back to back. The...

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  2. Britain’s Railways at War (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 201 minutes), £19.99

    A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime role of railways on the British Home Front, featuring a variety of period steam locomotives and dealing with a variety of...

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  3. Steam Train Sets Record

    Date released
    2 Aug 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    358
    NoS ID
    033383
    Story no
    3 / 6

    92 mph for 64 miles. US locomotive goes ‘hell’ for leather’ and proves that there’s still nothing like steam.

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  4. Main Line Diesel Engine

    Date released
    1950
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    349284
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Subtitle - ‘A new page in railway history’. Film User Summary - the L.M. Region’s main line diesel locomotive BP Summary - The building and trial run of the new diesel - electric locomotives which are...

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  5. 1831 - 1933

    Date released
    19 Oct 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    646
    NoS ID
    333302
    Story no
    1 / 6

    NoS Summary - modern train is compared to an "old fashioned" locomotive British Pathe synopsis: "If you wandered to the Station the morning after the night before and saw this little effort waiting for you,...

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  6. Service By the Ton

    Date released
    1963
    Series name
    Federal Spotlight
    Issue no
    175
    NoS ID
    351643
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: The Rhodesia Railway steam locomotive having a service at Bulawayo Motive Power Depot.

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  7. Sammy and Sausage cartoon: No. 7 - Crossing the Line

    Date released
    19 Jul 1928
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    372
    NoS ID
    331926
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Animation by Joe Noble. L/S of the animator standing at an easel painting a cartoon. He holds his head as if looking for inspiration. Sausage (a dog) says to Sammy in a speech bubble: "The...

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  8. Quaint Railways

    Date released
    10 Aug 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    636
    NoS ID
    333254
    Story no
    2 / 6

    NoS Summary - small railway train is contrasted with a locomotive British Pathe synopsis: "Not all the Railways in Britain have the many-ton engines such as we see generally. Here’s a contrast." C/U of...

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  9. Home and Beauty

    Date released
    Aug 1947
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346992
    Story no
    1 / 2

    NoS Summary - An illustrated discussion of whether mass-produced goods are always better. BFI synopsis: While some manufacturers hope that people will continue to accept shoddy goods, others try to produce...

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