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  1. Railway Signal School

    Date released
    11 Aug 1958
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    189
    NoS ID
    120595
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: The various railway signalling systems have innumerable built-in safety devices which are practically infallible - but they can only be operated by a highly skilled person. To see how a...

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  2. Eurostar makes inaugural run to Brussels (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    The troubled Eurostar train made the inaugural journey from London to Brussels yesterday, with 400 members of the press on board. Last week the train broke down twice on journeys to Paris; on Thursday it...

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  3. Buster Edwards’ criminal career (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Obituary

    Great train robber Buster Edwards has been found hanged in a lock-up garage near London’s Waterloo station where he had a flower stall. He is believed to have committed suicide. Clodagh Kennedy looks...

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  4. Rail Go Slow

    Date released
    20 Apr 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2237A
    NoS ID
    029343
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rail Go Slow. DESCRIPTION: Commuters in their thousands have been hard hit by the railway union’s work-to-rule. The unions are demanding a substantial wage increase, so far they have...

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  5. Daring to Be New (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 1999 sale: £17.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Five programmes - The House, The Office, Sport, Art Spaces, Travel - looking at the scope and variety of contemporary architecture in Britain, Japan, the USA, and Europe and examining ways in which social...

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  6. Rail privatisation first franchise awarded (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Paul Chapman reports on the Government’s first franchise award in their rail privatisation programme where bus company, Stagecoach, has been given the 7 year licence to operate services currently run by...

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  7. Dr Fuchs Home

    Date released
    15 May 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1510A
    NoS ID
    022381
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sir Vivian Fuchs. DESCRIPTION: The New Zealand liner Rangitoto docked at Southampton, bringing home the leader of the Commonwealth Transantarctic Expedition. Dr Fuch’s wife and...

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  8. Strikes - Mr Heath Meets Mr Cosgrave - London Bomb Explosion

    Date released
    12 Mar 1973
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2284
    NoS ID
    029803
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strikes/ Mr Heath Meets Mr Cosgrave/ London Bomb Explosion. DESCRIPTION: On the day of the rail strike, railway stations are deserted, car parks full. Eire’s new PM Mr Liam Cosgrave...

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  9. The Drain Up-To-Date

    Date released
    29 Sep 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1634A
    NoS ID
    023794
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Drain Up to Date. DESCRIPTION: This station has long been notorious for the subway known to City workers as the Drain, a nightmare for thousands of Londoners. But now they’ve got...

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  10. Aviation

    Date released
    21 Jun 1954
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1307
    NoS ID
    019291
    Story no
    1 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aviation. Alcock & Brown Memorial. Alcock & Brown First Atlantic Flight. Helicopter Landing on South Bank. DESCRIPTION: At the South Bank Site on the River Thames, the inauguration of...

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