Transportation Revolution in Scotland

Synopsis

Includes footage of George Bennie’s railplane, a propeller-driven vehicle which ran along elevated track in the 1930s. Sequences of servicing a steam locomotive; time-lapse photography of a tram being built shot in an Edinburgh workshop in the 1930s and shots of railed transport in city centres.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 45 min.

Year of production

1987

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Uses

Teacher education; schools; colleges of further and higher education.*

Subjects

History; Technology

Keywords

archive films; history of technology; public transport; railways; Scotland; trams

Credits

Producer

Janet McBain; Michael Leonard

Sponsor

Name

Manpower Services Commission

Distributor

Name

Scottish Archive Film for Education