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Rail Smash

Date released

29 Aug 1927

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

139

NoS ID

048351

Story no

2 / 10

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Maglev (1979 Film)

Director

Bill Mason

Producer

Lionel Cole

Subject

Physics; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes an experimental vehicle using magnetic levitation for suspension.

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News in Brief

Date released

8 Mar 1934

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

382

NoS ID

140304

Story no

5 / 11

Extras

1 commentary sheet

By road and rail.

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Transport on Trial

Date released

1939

Series name

Point of View

Issue no

4

NoS ID

352945

Story no

1 / 1

Today’s Cinema synopsis: Mr. Pro wants all transport to be unified under one government department, but Mr. Con argues that the railways themselves should be left to settle the question. The film produces...

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News in Brief

Date released

30 Oct 1933

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

345

NoS ID

139929

Story no

4 / 11

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Rail-car on the road.

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Rail Bus

Date released

17 Sep 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

124

NoS ID

138161

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

First test of new vehicle.

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News in Flashes

Date released

18 Apr 1938

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

745

NoS ID

035879

Story no

4 / 9

Extras

1 shot list

Unique "rail" road designed for Abyssinia.

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British Transport Films Collection Volume Twelve: The Driving Force (2014)

Subject

Geography; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, British Transport Films was led for 25...

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Future on Rail, A (2014)

Producer

Edgar Anstey

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 747 minutes), £29.99

Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...

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Fastline Films 1: Mechanical Signalling (1951)

Subject

Transport

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £24.95

This two-DVD set is the first of a series of films using historic instruction films made by British Transport Films in the 1950s. This is the material with which railwaymen were trained over fifty years...

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