Learning on ScreenThe Steam Train Is Alive And Well
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Steam train enthusiasts saved an old engine from the breaker’s yard and now it provides a regular service for commuters and tourists in South Devon. Michele Brown gets her first ride on the footplate and hears a lot about old trains, including one that belonged to Queen Victoria.
- Researcher Comments
- Features the Torbay Steam Railway Preservation Society. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Railways; Transport; Engineering
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/752
- Credits:
-
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Camera
- AI Films
- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
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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).
- Series held
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