Transport on Trial

Series

Series Name

Point of View

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

1939

Length of issue (in feet)

1785

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Transport on Trial

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Today’s Cinema synopsis: Mr. Pro wants all transport to be unified under one government department, but Mr. Con argues that the railways themselves should be left to settle the question. The film produces an amazing fund of interesting points about road and rail transport.

Keywords

Politics and government; Railways; Transport; Road transport

Written sources

Today’s Cinema   15 November 1939, p15. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Producer

Ivan Scott

Production Co.

Spectator Short Films

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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