Monorail Switch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1496A
Date Released
6 Feb 1958
Date submitted
4 Feb 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1England Beats Wallabies
  2. 2Princess Grace at Prize-Giving
  3. 3Monorail Switch
  4. 4Egypt and Syria Unite
  5. 5Israel Command Change
  6. 6Fire in Havana
  7. 7The ‘Explorer’ in Orbit
  8. *Wales V Scotland - Rugby
  9. *East Fife V Hearts

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monorail Siding System. DESCRIPTION: Latest pictures from Germany show how one of the biggest problems of the monorail can be solved: it’s the problem of aiding to permit a regulated flow of traffic in each direction, while still retaining only one line for most of the route. SHOTLIST: Shots of Monorail working. CUs siding working. Electro motors used to drive the Monorail siding.
Keywords
Railways; Transport
Locations
Germany; Cologne
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
72750
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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