An Engine of Your Own!

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1754A

Date Released

17 Jan 1963

Date submitted

Jan 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: An Engine of Your Own!. DESCRIPTION: It was goodbye to The Flying Scotsman, the most famous engine of all time, built 40 years ago at Doncaster. Happily, the Scotsman’s not going to be scrapped, for she’s been bought by Mr Pegler, a Nottinghamshire businessman and railway enthusiast. He was on the foot plate for the final working journey from Kings Cross to Doncaster, the last lap in a lifetime which has covered well over 2 1/2 million miles. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS The Flying Scotsman. CU sign The Flying Scotsman. CU steam from train. MCU wheels. CU sign Doncaster 1923. CU Mr Pegler (who bought the engine). Mr Pegler speaks (2 shots). MS Mr Pegler gets on train. CU fire stoked up. CU Mr Pegler. MCU guards waves flag. MCU Mr Pegler in engine, train pulls away (2 shots). MS people on station. MS train past camera. MS guards wave goodbye. TS train. TS tracks. TS countryside. GV train past camera. TS tracks. AS The Flying Scotsman.

Keywords

Economics; Railways; Business and commerce

Locations

London; Peterborough; Welwyn

Card file number

85838

Credits:

Camera: James Humphries
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

143

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