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THE REAL THING

Date released

26 Apr 1928

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1784

NoS ID

386919

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Visit of 750 schoolboys to Great Western Railway Works at Swindon.

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Building Wonders (6 Parts) (2008)

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering

Some of the greatest design feats engineered by man, from the earliest monuments 5,000 years ago to the magnificence of 1960’s technology and Concord, are explored and explained by archaeologist, Julian...

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Philip Rees on GWR (1983)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Special

Dan Damon talks to Philip Rees, retiring Chief Civil Engineer, Great Western Railway, during journeys from Paddington (London) to Oxford, and Oxford to Cholsey. Examines work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel on...

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Great Western Railway [Part 2] (1985)

A documentary about the ‘Great Western’ railway company. History and comments

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Great Western Railway [Part 1] (1985)

A documentary about the Great Western railway company, recounting its history since the days of the legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the first train journey in June 1833.

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Train fire near Maidenhead (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Robert Allen reports after one man was killed after a train caught fire three miles outside Maidenhead Station in Berkshire. Passenger Nyef Abu Zayney describes the scene; Knowles Mitchell spokesman for...

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Railway Vicar

Date released

20 Apr 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

644

NoS ID

121870

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Take a train - to Cadeby, near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire to meet the vicar who thinks model railways are something like heaven. He’s built a scaled-down version of the Great Western...

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King George ‘V’ Loco

Date released

15 Aug 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/66

NoS ID

113207

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

The famous railway town also had cause to celebrate. After six years of retirement, the one-time pride of the Great Western Railway, "King George V" steam loco was rolled out and sent on her way to being...

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Rail privatisation conditions (1994)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the director of the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Roger Salmon, about the conditions under which eight British rail lines will be privatised. The lines are the Gatwick Express, Great...

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Gold Mining In Great Britain

Date released

23 Jan 1922

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1131

NoS ID

387717

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Mr Griffiths, the Kingdom’s oldest gold miner, digging, washing and panning for gold at Ilridagoch Mine, near Dolgelly, on the Great Western Railway

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