End of the Line

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2092A

Date Released

10 Jul 1969

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Last of the Line. DESCRIPTION: Since 1905, soldiers have been chugging up and down seventy miles of private railway at Longmoor Camp, near Bordon in Hampshire. Now this military bastion of the Steam Age is to be closed down. An Open Day is a time of nostalgia, not only for the Army, but also for hundreds of civilian railway enthusiasts. SHOTLIST: Fireman shovelling coat into boiler of train. Passengers waiting on platform. Sign on platform. Longmoor Downs. Sign ‘The Green Knight’. Sign on train Cambrian Coast Express. Sing on train Grodon. Train past. Signalman switching points old steam engine on display. Sign Gazell on train. Boys looking at old train on display. Steam engine. Men polishing steam engine. Steam engine in siding. Boiler. Fireman stoking, boiler. Boiler. Driver pulls lever and looks out of window. View from train as it moves over bridge. Train past pulling MR coaches.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Railways; Military; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

United Kingdom; Hampshire

Card file number

94918

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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