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The Robot Rail-Layer

Date released

3 Apr 1930

Series name

Pathe Super Gazette

Issue no

1699

NoS ID

088268

Story no

5 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

LNWR put into service novel British designed and made rail track layer, it picks up old and lays half a mile of new track in a working day.

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Minister Of Transport Visits British Rail’s Research Centre

Date released

6 Apr 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/28

NoS ID

112530

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Minister of Transport, Mrs Barbara Castle, has a glimpse of future rolling stock and Liner Trains at British Rail’s Research Centre.

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Ton Up Rail Flyer

Date released

17 Apr 1966

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

66/31

NoS ID

112043

Story no

8 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

British Rail’s multi million pound electrification scheme breaks all records in the journey from London to Liverpool and Manchester.

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Future Comfort of British Rail Travel

Date released

27 May 1946

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1293

NoS ID

065255

Story no

1 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

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Hard Lines

Date released

14 Jul 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2093

NoS ID

027931

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concrete Sleepers. DESCRIPTION: British Rail plans a firm foundation for tomorrow to judge from the most unusual railway line in the country. A continuous stretch of reinforced...

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Riding on Air

Date released

30 Jan 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1808A

NoS ID

025411

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riding on Air. DESCRIPTION: At Hythe by Southampton Water a full scale experiment is underway - Development Engineer Anthony Plunkett takes control of a rather ungainly contraption....

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News in Brief: Rail Disaster

Date released

25 Jul 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1468A

NoS ID

021819

Story no

3 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rail Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The wreckage of the Nice-Paris express, which crashed near Avignon. 3 of the 21 lives lost were British. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the Nice-Paris express...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

16 Jan 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/6

NoS ID

113416

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

British Rail and Britain’s holiday associations are doing their best to make it a stay-at-home summer for British holidaymakers with an attractive exhibition at the station’s main concourse.

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New Rail Giant

Date released

1 Feb 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2017A

NoS ID

027230

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Rail Giant. DESCRIPTION: The four thousand horsepower Kestrel - the largest single-engined diesel-electric in the world - is starting trials with British Rail. SHOTLIST: (4th Key...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

25 Sep 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/78

NoS ID

113784

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

In a siding at the Cricklewood British Rail Depot rests the wrecked coaches of the soccer special which was systematically ripped apart by a trainload of hooligans.

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