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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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Gothic in India: Bombay Railway Station (1999 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The Victorian Gothic Revival-style Victoria Terminus Train Station in Bombay was built as an expression of British power and wealth in India, but it also reflects a meeting point of two cultures. Its...

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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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King Amanullah at Swindon

Date released

22 Mar 1928

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

865-1

NoS ID

131905

Story no

4 / 6

King Amanullah visits the Great Western Railway works at Swindon.

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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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