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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. Women Railway Workers

    Date released
    11 Dec 1944
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    188
    NoS ID
    156353
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Women seen doing all jobs necessary to keep the railways running - heaving coke, manning the signal box, collecting tickets at the barrier. The importance of railways in keeping the fighters supplied.

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  3. Delays for commuters after arson attack (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mark Phillips reports from Cannon Street on British Rail commuter delays in London after an arsonist set fire to a signalling junction box near London Bridge. Includes interview with Geoff Harrison-Mee,...

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  4. Near miss at Bickley station (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Paul Chapman reports on an investigation into why a London commuter train ploughed off the rails near Bromley in Kent. The accident has renewed fears over the safety of trains operating while signal workers...

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  5. Knapp rejects Railtrack cash offer (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with RMT leader Jimmy Knapp where he urges his members not to be bribed by cash offers from Railtrack to return to work. Railtrack managers in Anglia and the South-West are offering one-off...

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  6. The Fog Fellow - a Railway Sidelight

    Date released
    5 Oct 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    644
    NoS ID
    333294
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS Summary - device which alerts train drivers to dangers on foggy days British Pathe synopsis: "Pity the poor driver on those misty, foggy days, when signals are hard to see.." L/S of a steam train...

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  7. The Railway Crisis

    Date released
    3 Jan 1955
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1335
    NoS ID
    019744
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Railway Crisis. DESCRIPTION: A Court of Enquiry has been set up at the Law Courts to seek a solution to the pay dispute. Representatives of the National Union of Railwaymen and the...

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  8. A One Woman Job!

    Date released
    23 Feb 1928
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    350
    NoS ID
    331795

    NoS Summary - A woman who runs a railway station in Shrewsbury. British Pathe synopsis: "Here’s a novelty in jobs for Eve. A lady "Stationmaster-Porter-Clerk-Collector - " all in one - on a quaint little...

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  9. Signal workers dispute - March in Blackpool (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Shelly Flack reports on a demonstration in Blackpool organised by the RMT union to show support for the striking rail signalmen, organised as the TUC conference takes place in the town this week. Includes...

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  10. No Go Slow Here

    Date released
    7 Dec 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2009A
    NoS ID
    027156
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: No Go Slow Here. DESCRIPTION: The Locomen’s Who sits where dispute threatens nation wide chaos. But, paradoxically, some railways succeed by Living in the age of steam. We visit the...

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