Backroom Boys

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1974A
Date Released
6 Apr 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Backroom Boys
  2. 2Scrap Artist
  3. 3Aberdeen Through
  4. 4Rugby
  5. 5Powergame

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Backroom Boys. DESCRIPTION: Movietone looks at British Research - British Rail’s giant Technical Centre in Derby, where a hundred and fifty mile an hour Train of Tomorrow is one of the projects. The National Physical Laboratory has just opened the largest Circulating Water Tanks in Europe. At Feltham, it’s used to study water flow round ship’s hulls. In London, Cunard unveil a model of Q4 - one of Britain’s most closely guarded industrial secrets. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS electric train passes at speed. GV exterior The Railway Technical Centre. MCU sign The Railway Technical Centre. LS bogies on railway vehicle being tested for adherence to rails. MCU ditto. MS man reads graph of results as it comes from machine. CU man reading graph. CU graph of results. CU bogies being tested on rails. MCu ditto. CU ditto. MS ditto. CU graph of results out of machine. CU wheel on rails. CU dial shows revs. per minute. CU wheel on rail. CU dial showing vehicle’s speed. MCU wheel on rail. MCS looking underneath vehicle as it is tested. MCU model of train of the future. MCU looking in section of model showing passenger seats. CU ditto. MS model of train of the future and present day train. GV exterior ship division of the National Physical Lab at Feltham. MS model of boat in testing tank. CU bow of model boat. CU ripples from bow of boat. MCU looking through water at bottom of boat. CU looking through water at bow. MCU pan along bottom of boat. CU man at controls of testing apparatus. CU dials. CU ripples from bow of boat. MS Securicor van leaves to deliver model of Q4. GV Festival Hall in London. MS pan Securicor guards carry in model. MCu Sir Basil Spence watches at model is taken out of box. MS Securicor guards take model out of box. MCU model on display. CU pan ditto. CU funnels on Q4. MCU Sir Basil Spence looking. CU model on display. TS bow section of model showing swimming pools. Pan to test of ship. MCU model on display.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Railways; Transport; Business and commerce; Science and technology; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; England; Derby; Feltham
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
92202
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
255
Story extras:
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