Monorail

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

563

Date Released

7 Oct 1965

Date recorded

20 Aug 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

717

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Clovelly
2. 2Modern Fire Fighters
3. 3Vintage Fire Brigade
4. 4Monorail

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A look at what may be tomorrow’s answer to Britain’s choking roads problem - a monorail, built at a Skegness factory and now running at a local holiday camp [Butlin’s]. It rides on a track sixteen feet above ground and is an exciting glimpse of what could be an accepted form of travel in the year 2000.

Keywords

Railways; Transport

Locations

England; Lincolnshire; Skegness

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

226

Story extras:

Film clip

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