A New Locomotive Giant Takes To The Track - The Kestrel
Series
- Series Name
- London Line (Colour series 2)
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: A new locomotive giant takes to the track - four thousand horsepower - the most powerful diesel locomotive ever made - and all power computer controlled. London Line sits back in the cab to enjoy a ride on British Railway’s new monster engine - The Kestrel.
- Keywords
- Railways; Transport; Engineering; Computers and computing
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /1162
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1394/46
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Commonwealth Affairs Office
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Producer
- Ian Morrison
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Camera
- Peter Theirry
- Sound
- Phil Jay
- Director
- Robert Morgan
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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