The Spotters

Series

Series Name: Our Club Magazine

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1945

Length of issue (in feet)

856

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI Summary - Train spotting at Waterloo Station
Staples synopsis: "the magazine goes to London’s Waterloo Station, where a gang of children armed with notebooks and pencils is found. ‘The engine-drivers are always helpful, and how the spotters envy them, for being in charge of their powerful giants, that can be whisked along at such high speeds ... It’s an interesting hobby for those who live near a mainline station, so now, boys and girls, who wants to be a spotter?'"

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Children; Railways

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Staples, Terry. All Pals Together (Edinburgh:1997) p98. Used for synopsis
The Cinema 19 September 1945, p15.

Credits:

Sponsor: Children’s Entertainment Films
Producer: Gaumont-British Instructional
Sponsor: Gaumont-British Junior Club
Sponsor: Odeon National Cinema Club
Production Co.: Wallace Productions

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