Titfield Thunderbolt

Series

Series Name

New Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

416

Date Released

1 Sep 1952

Length of issue (in feet)

757

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cycle Polo
2. 2Abbey Art Centre
3. 3Cats’ Home
4. 4Steel-Capped Boots
5. 5Titfield Thunderbolt

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

SHOTLIST: (Monkton Combe, Somerset). MS group of people watching train. MS people on platform with train. CU name of train ‘Thunderbolt’. CU pan along chassis of engine. CU buffers. MS train stationary. CU pot of flowers hanging from roof. MLS cabin of train, pan to track passing. MS train passing camera. CU driver in cabin, pan up to signal. MS train passing and revealing camera crew. MS director, etc. round camera. CU cameraman, pan to speaker. CU train in reverse. MS technicians looking through camera. MS electrician pulling round arc lamp. MS camera crew on rostrum. CU Sir Michael Balcon. MS talking to cameraman. MS camera being positioned. MS man with reflector. MS driver instructing actors. (3 shots). MS continuity girl. MS train passing camera crew, pan shot.

Keywords

Mass media; Railways; Performing arts

Length of story (in feet)

204

Story extras:

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