Hard Lines

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2093

Date Released

14 Jul 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Count Down Apollo
2. 2Charity Protest
3. 3Hard Lines
4. 4Royal Tournament

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concrete Sleepers. DESCRIPTION: British Rail plans a firm foundation for tomorrow to judge from the most unusual railway line in the country. A continuous stretch of reinforced concrete, instead of the old-fashioned ballast, to support the rails. SHOTLIST: View from train pan to railway lines. View from train as train passes. View from train railway liner. As train passes - view from pan old type sleepers to new type. Pan British Rail type fixing to concrete sleeper. Pan 3 shots ditto. British Rail fixing. French 2 piece fixing. Men looking at fixing. Pan Dutch fixing (steel based plate on cork pad). Swiss pot. London Transport. Pan down train passes over LT type rails.

Keywords

Railways; Engineering

Locations

London; United Kingdom

Card file number

94923

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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