Swindon - Steam to Scrap

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1692A

Date Released

9 Nov 1961

Date submitted

2 Nov 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Yorkshire - The Prince’s Visit
2. 2Swindon - Steam to Scrap
3. 3Princess on World Tour
4. 4A New Twist
5. 5Brass Bound to Brighton (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steam to Scrap. DESCRIPTION: The days of the good old steam locos are numbered, and the real veterans are being broken up. Here at Swindon, where many thousands have been built over the past 100 years or so, the old-timers are being turned into scrap. But they won’t be forgotten, there’s a big demand for the old number plates, as souvenirs for collectors. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU train comes past camera. MS train. GV train. Various shots of train being taken to pieces. GV pan train to train. MS train past camera.

Keywords

Railways; History and archaeology

Locations

Swindon

Card file number

83401

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

81

Story extras:

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