150th Anniversary of Steam Railways

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Series Name

British Movietone News

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Issue No.

2419

Date Released

12 Oct 1975

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1. 1150th Anniversary of Steam Railways

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 150th Anniversary of Steam Railways. DESCRIPTION: Forty years ago, when the ‘Coronation Scot’ made a record run from London to Glasgow, steam railways were in their hey-day. Now as we celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of steam locomotion, many of us mourn its passingThe York Railway Museum has recently been expanded to house many famous engines and other relics of the steam age. HRH Prince Philip travelled to York to open the enlarged MuseumAn exact replica of Stephenson’s ‘Locomotion’, which hauled the first railway train between Stockton and Darlington in 1825, led a Cavalcade of Engines at Shildon, County Durham. Famous locomotives followed in the procession including the ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ and the last steam engine built in this country ‘Evening Star’A glimpse into the future of the railways and a World Record Holder is British Rail’s High Speed TrainThe most famous of all steam locomotives must surely be the ‘Flying Scotsman’, it became the epitome of all that a steam engine should be, noble, powerful and fast. A champion bearing the torch for an age that will never come again. SHOTLIST: GV The Coronation Scot leaving station for it’s record run of 114mph (July 1937). SV train passes the camera at speed. GAV Coronation Scot at speed through countryside. Nearer air shot and general air view ditto. Nearer air shot at speed through station. SV The Gazelle engine built at Kings Lynn in 1893 being retired from the army for York Museum. CU one of the wheels. CU name ‘Gazelle’ 1893. SV army VIPs watching. SV Gazelle on low loader. CU name plate ‘Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway Company’. GV as army truck pulls the Gazelle on low leader en route for York Museum. SV pan as the Gazelle goes past with two army officers standing in the cabin. SV name Kensington Olympia. LV pan steam engines waiting to be pulled out en route for York. CU name plate No 87 Great Eastern Railway Company. SV as the steam engines are hauled past camera. CU old trucks covered over on low loaders. CU funnel zoom back to GV engines on display in York Museum. SV girl polishing engine. CU The Mallard engine. CU another girl polishing engine. GV pan various engines on view. SV arrival of the Duke of Edinburgh shaking hands with VIPs. GV guests listening to the Duke. SV Duke speaking - engine in b/g. LV engines on view. GV steam train at speed through the station. LV line of old engines rotting away in yard. GV engines in yard rotting away. SV interior man cutting away boiler door from engine. GV cutting up engine wheels. GV interior engines on view in York Museum. SV Duke of Edinburgh looking at one of the old engines. SV engine wheels moving slowly round. GV Atlantic Coast Express engine. CU name plate ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ engine. LV pan very old railway carriages (Victorian). 3 shots showing old time porters & firemen. SV station clock. 3 angle shots showing various names of old engines (plaques). SV exterior Duke of Edinburgh walks towards engine No 4771 (LNER Green Arrow). CU interior of the cab. 4 SVs Duke climbs aboard. Duke in cab looking at controls as the engine pulls away driven by the Duke. Statue of George Stephenson. CU man stoking up a replica of Stephenson’s ‘Locomotion’. LV Locomotion engine. CU name ‘Locomotion’. GV replica of Locomotion being driven past at the Grand Cavalcade of Engines in August 1975. SV pan showing the old open cauldron wagons and passenger coaches. SV Duke & Duchess of York at the railway centenary in 1925. SV Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’. LV train being lead by man on horse with red flag. SV Rocket driving past crowded with passengers in cauldron wagons. SV passengers are helped down by ladder from cauldron wagon. 4 SVs pan old type engine in parade near Darlington in 1925 pan another old type engine driving past a larger locomotive steaming past engine No 4767 in the Grand Parade of Engines in August 1975. CU wheels of engine. GV engine No 2238 North Eastern Railway. CU man driver in cab. LV engine No 2005 LNER. SV kids watching SV LNER engine No 246 ‘Morayshire’. SV driver in cab No 246. SV Great Western Railway Pennier Tank No 7752. LV Great Western Railway engine ‘Cookham Manor’ No 7808. CU name ‘Cookham Manor’ on engine. GV and zoom into LNER No 4771 ‘Green Arrow’. CU zoom out to BV as train goes along line. SV Great Northern engine No 990 ‘Henry Oakley’. SV people watching. SV library shot the LNER Streamline A 4 Pacific No 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ at speed, shot underneath carriages as train away from camera. Library shot. SV No 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ steaming slowly past in the cavalcade pan to BV. SV unveiling the "Evening Star" engine No 92220 in March 1960. CU name "Evening Star" on engine. CU No 92220, SV Evening Star steaming slowly past. SV Evening Star engine steaming past in the Cavalcade Parade 1975 pan to BV. LV Wantage Tramway No 5. CU pan driver at controls. GV the prototype high speed train which set a speed record of 143mph in June 1973. CU baby asleep in pram. SV the Flying Scotsman No 4472 steaming toward camera in the parade 1975. SV group of women waving. GV pan the Flying Scotsman driving through countryside at speed January 1968. SV interior passengers seated in the Flying Scotsman, travelling shot at speed, driver at controls looking out through cabin approaching tunnel, driver pulls whistle. SV entering tunnel. CU stoker feeding furnace. SV coming out of tunnel, driver at controls, angle shot under bridge at speed. CU rails flashing past, angle shot under bridge at speed. CU rails flashing past, angle shot under bridge, stoker feeding furnace. GV pan the Flying Scotsman at speed through the countryside pan to BV. Ends - 774’.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Railways; Transport; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Speed records; Military; History and archaeology; Exhibitions and shows

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Card file number

75/306

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

749

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