Railway Over the Andes

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

55/88

Date Released

3 Nov 1955

Length of issue (in feet)

686

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National Sporting Club Boxing
2. 2South Africa’s Race Problem
3. 3News Flashes: Crop Spraying by Boat
4. 4News Flashes: Churchill Honoured in Israel
5. 5Railway Over the Andes
6. 6Royal Command Film Performance
7. *Queen of Industry

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

Ecuador forges final rail link between its capital Quito, and the Pacific - overcoming the tremendous barrier of the Andes.

Keywords

Railways; Engineering

Locations

Ecuador; Quito

Footage sources

Warner-Pathe

Credits:

Camera

Norman William Roper

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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