Learning on ScreenYour Carriage Awaits
Series
- Series Name
- Ingot Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- BFI Summary - Train commuters as seen through the eyes of a carriage cleaner
NFA synopsis: A female carriage cleaner presents a piece on the dirtiness of the British public, and the building of steel coaches is looked at. The item opens with scenes of British rail trains being cleaned, by station cleaners and full cleaning at the depot. The film emphasises how steel coaches makes the work easier, and the construction of steel coaches at York is seen, with an explanation of their advantages. The carpenter’s shop and the fitting of a coach is shown. A cleaner at St Pancras the comments on how dirty the public are. - Keywords
- Women; Railways; Transport; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Producer
- Geoff Busby
- Director
- Pat Pullen
- Sponsor
- Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
- Production Co.
- Verity Films Ltd.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
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- 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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