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  1. 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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  2. Royal Visit to Swindon

    Date released
    1 May 1924
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    662-1
    NoS ID
    129454
    Story no
    3 / 4

    King George V and Queen Mary visit the Great Western Railway works at Swindon and the King drives the latest engine.

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  3. Rail privatisation - Confusion over conditions (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Maurice reports on confusion over the UK Government’s announcement regarding the privatisation of eight of British Rail’s services. The lines are the Gatwick Express, Great Western, Intercity East...

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  4. Signal Services

    Date released
    Feb 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    55
    NoS ID
    349108
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS synopsis: The Great Western Railway school for signal men, with model tracks, engines and signals, perfect working models of those used in real life, where signal men learn never to make mistakes.

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  5. Automatic Signal System is Tested

    Date released
    26 Mar 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    94A
    NoS ID
    002922
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Automatic Signal System Is Tested. DESCRIPTION: Great Western Railway sponsor new railway device, to reconcile fast service with safety first. SHOTLIST: CU of driver in cabin talking...

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  6. Reports: Use for Old Bridges

    Date released
    9 Apr 1936
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    357A
    NoS ID
    006339
    Story no
    2 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Use for Old Bridges. SHOTLIST: Old Great Western Railway bridge being blown up. Shots of the explosion.

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  7. [Swindon - Giant Vacuum Cleaner]

    Date released
    19 Jan 1933
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    703
    NoS ID
    050954
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NFTVA Silent News Films (1965): "Swindon - giant vacuum cleaner: Great Western Railway instals big device for cleaning carriages and preventing disease." A coach is shunted into the cleaner and the...

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  8. 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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  9. Britain’s Railways at War (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 201 minutes), £19.99

    A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime role of railways on the British Home Front, featuring a variety of period steam locomotives and dealing with a variety of...

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  10. I K Brunel (1979 Multimedia)

    Director
    Nita Spektorov
    Producer
    Nita Spektorov
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire, Audiocassette. 30 min. Philips compact cassette with slide synchronising pulses to USPEC.; 80 slides. col.

    An appreciative look at the achievements of this great engineer with particular emphasis on the Great Western Railway. Also shows the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, his...

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