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  1. Locomotion, Rail, Snow (1992 Video)

    Director
    Geoffrey Jones
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; Geoffrey Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 37 min., 1992 sale: £10.99

    LOCOMOTION (1975, 15 min), produced by Geoffrey Jones, presents a chronology of British railway history and made to commemorate the 150th anniversity of the Stockton and Darlington railway, the world’s...

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  2. Future on Rail, A (2014)

    Producer
    Edgar Anstey
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 747 minutes), £29.99

    Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...

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  3. Maglev (1979 Film)

    Director
    Bill Mason
    Producer
    Lionel Cole
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes an experimental vehicle using magnetic levitation for suspension.

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  4. British Transport Films Collection Volume Twelve: The Driving Force (2014)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, British Transport Films was led for 25...

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  5. Itn Roving Report: Railways of the World (1958)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 91 minutes), £11.99

    In the late 1950s and early 1960s, ITN filmed a series of news items abroad called ‘Roving Report’; most remain unseen since their initial broadcast. This collection brings together a number of reports...

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  6. Dispatches: Train Journeys from Hell (2011)

    Subject
    Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £30.00

    The taxpayer has been spending billions to upgrade the British rail network yet many passengers have complained of high ticket prices, overcrowded carriages and cancellations. Dispatches asked actor Richard...

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  7. British Train Disasters, 1914 - 1975 (2013)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 minutes), £14.99

    This is a compilation of newsreel reports from the British Movietone News archive. It is a comprehensive round up of items reporting on 76 disasters, mostly from the era of steam locomotion, with causes...

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  8. On the Right Track (1989 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23min.

    Looks at two types of computer system used by British Rail for modern signalling: one for indication and control, and one for interlocking.

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  9. Geoffrey Jones: The Rhythm of Film (2006)

    Director
    Geoffrey Jones
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 86 minutes), £14.99

    Since the 1950s, Geoffrey R. Llewellyn Jones has been making short films with an extraordinary marriage of images, music and rhythm that make him one of Britain’s true film artists. This DVD brings a...

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  10. Looking at Steel (1971 Video)

    Director
    A Pendry
    Producer
    J Carr
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan (2005), Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min.

    The British steel industry in action. Commencing with open cast mining of iron ore, shows each stage of the main manufacturing processes that are required to produce steel for industry as sheet, rod, billet,...

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