High Speed Surface Train
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Speed Transport. DESCRIPTION: A Parliamentary Observation team visit Kawasaki in Japan, to see the developments the Japanese have made with their High Speed Surface Train. The train runs on an elevated guide-rail and is propelled by a linear-induction motor. SHOTLIST: MS Japanese High Speed Surface Vehicle. CS Union Jack. CS Japanese flag. MS vehicle with men round it. CS Linear Induction Motor. CS electro magnets. SV controls. CS mechanic. CS brake. MCS mechanic tightening screws. MS ditto. CS guide rail. LS ditto. MS British observation team push vehicle to mechanics stopping it. Shots hand shaking. MS exterior control tower. Shots controls being operated. MS vehicle moves along track slowly. MS guide rail. CS speedometer. MS vehicle along track. MS from interior tower to vehicle. CS speedometer nearing 100 km. Pan vehicle past camera.
- Keywords
- Railways
- Locations
- Japan; Kawasaki
- Footage sources
- Japan
- Card file number
- 77/51
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 174
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