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  1. World’s Largest Railway Wagon

    Date released
    7 Apr 1930
    Series name
    Pathe Super Gazette
    Issue no
    1700
    NoS ID
    088275
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    220 ft long and 56 wheels and weighing 150 tons, pulled by garrett-type locomotive, capable of drawing 1,000 tons at LNER’s demonstration of modern freight transport.

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  2. Keeping Tabs on the Containers (1988 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at some of the computer systems which support the movement of containers in and out of the port of Felixstowe and some of the data structures used in the system.

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  3. Heavy lorries dangers and rail freight (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview about the problems and dangers of heavy lorries on British roads and how to solve them including the need to increase the level of freight carried by rail. Male speaker and female interviewer not...

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  4. Transport improvement (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on the importance of utilising the rail service for carrying freight and the importance of building new roads. Male interviewer not identified.

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  5. Tachometers in lorries (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Hugh Featherstone of Freight Transport Association on legislation making tachometers compulsory in lorry cabs in the UK. Male interviewer not identified. Telephone interview.

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  6. Transport policy battles (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announcing the government’s new transport policy including the importance of utilising the rail service for carrying freight. Includes interviews with...

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  7. Sinking of European Gateway (1982)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the recovery efforts of the European Gateway after a collision with Speedlink Vanguard in stormy seas off Harwich. Crew members and passengers of the ships have been treated for shock at Essex...

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  8. European Gateway wrecked (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Townsend Thorensen Managing Director Geoffrey Parker on the wrecking of the European Gateway vessel after a collision with Speedlink Vanguard in stormy seas off Harwich and possible causes....

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  9. Customs officers on strike (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Customs officers are on strike. Garry Turvey of the Freight Transport Association says the strikes are causing enormous damage, particularly to the country’s export contracts. He says the customs officers...

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  10. Privatisation of British Rail (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified male Conservative MP about the privatisation of British Rail planned by his boss Transport Secretary John MacGregor and what impact it will have on the traveller. Says PM John...

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