Driverless Train

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2322

Date Released

2 Dec 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Oil Minister Arrives
2. 2Petrol Rationing
3. 3Kite Flying
4. 4Sun Glasses for 1974
5. 5Fur Fashions
6. 6Driverless Train
7. 7Bird Sanctuary

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Driverless Train. DESCRIPTION: A driverless, completely automatic train is seen on its trials near Lille in France. The stations are staffless and the trains run continuously at predetermined intervals. SHOTLIST: SV train past. SV little suburb station. SV sign giving details of train. CU artist’s impression of driverless train. SV man up to ticket counter. CU ticket machine, man picks up ticket. SV man through barrier. SV train pulls up at station. CU man watching television screen as passengers get on train. SV men through doors. SV interior train Upton Station doors open. SV control room SV man watching TV screens. SV passenger onto train. SV man on phone in control room. SV train out of station. FV TS track ahead of train. SV interior passengers in train. SV track ahead. SV train past.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Railways; Transport; Science and technology

Locations

France; Lille

Footage sources

France

Card file number

99506A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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