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  1. North British / Today and Every Day

    Director
    Cecil H. Williamson; E. J. Fancy; John S., Jr. Abbott; Edward Cook; Frank Phillips
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 77 minutes), £20.41

    TODAY AND EVERY DAY (1947) covers the history of Britain’s railways, and gives a contemporary account of all aspects of operations on the railway system. It features some of the notable express trains of...

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  2. Hundred Years Underground, A (1963 Film)

    Director
    John Rowdon
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; John Shearman
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The development of the London Underground, from the steam trains on the Metropolitan Line in 1883 to the Victoria Line. The film was made for showing on BBC Television to mark the centenary of underground...

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  3. From Semaphore to Coloured Light (1986 Video)

    Director
    Roger T Lambert
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    Details the change in the early 1980s from semaphore signals to coloured light signals on British Rail’s remote controlled communication system in the Southampton area.

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  4. Road Haulers Ask for Square Deal

    Date released
    10 Dec 1945
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1542
    NoS ID
    039814
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    60,000 firms face extinction when nationalisation of railways prohibits competition by private enterprise.

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  5. German Delegation

    Date released
    9 May 1927
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    107
    NoS ID
    048083
    Story no
    5 / 7

    Slade catalogue entry: The ‘Permanent’ Way to Friendship: German engineers tour Britain to study our system of railways.

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  6. Reports in Brief

    Date released
    8 Dec 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2272
    NoS ID
    044107
    Story no
    3 / 7

    French testing car is borrowed by British Railways to survey track between London and Reading.

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  7. One "Man Power" Turntable

    Date released
    14 Apr 1932
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    184
    NoS ID
    138700
    Story no
    2 / 10
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    LMS install new device.

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  8. Bowes Line (1975 Video)

    Director
    Murray Martin
    Producer
    Stafford Lindsley
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (24 minutes), £10.00 (+p&p)

    A record of the last working days of the self-acting incline railway built by Stephenson in 1827 to carry coal across the Durham hills to the Tyne. The film concerns the men who worked the line and follows...

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  9. London Underground, The (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows three stations designed by Charles Holden for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line - Cockfosters, Oakwood and Southgate. They are seen as structures perfectliy fitted for their function and also as...

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  10. Railways Look Back

    Date released
    25 Apr 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    434
    NoS ID
    033839
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Locomotives past and present. US railroad marks 108th birthday with parade of engines old and new.

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