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NEW ENGINES FROM US Dublin issue

New Engines From Us Dublin Issue (1942)

'Utility' railway engines arrive at a British port from...

OUT TAKES / CUTS FROM CP 307 - STATION HOME

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 307 - Station Home (1960)

Out takes (cuts, rushes) for story featured in...

AUSTRIA CELEBRATES HER CENTENARY OF RAILWAYS

Austria Celebrates Her Centenary Of Railways (1937)

Trains from 1800s to 1930s shown in rail show...

SIGNALS!

Signals! (1936)

Men at work in a modern signal box on the Southern Railway near Brighton.

RAILWAY TRACK LAYING

Railway Track Laying (1948)

Preassembled units of track are laid at Waterloo Station to prevent...

TOMMY ATKINS GIVES A HAND

Tommy Atkins Gives A Hand (1940)

Soldiers help the post office to deliver Christmas mail.

THE BIG LANDSLIDE

The Big Landslide (1925)

Men clear the tons of earth which have collapsed into a railway cutting in...

 

 

A LUCKY ESCAPE

A Lucky Escape (1925)

Many men help to clear the railway line after a landslide has blocked the way in...

NEW BRIDGES FOR OLD

New Bridges For Old (1930)

Men replace an old wooden railway bridge for a new steel one in 48 hours. ...

HOUSE ON RAILWAY

House On Railway (1936)

A man is building a house on a disused railway line.

RAILWAY BREAKDOWN CREW AT WORK

Railway Breakdown Crew At Work (1941)

Railwaymen at work repairing bomb damaged lines.

RAILWAY

Railway (1937)

A Streamlined, modern train speeds along the line.

LONDON RAILWAY STATION VIPS

London Railway Station Vips (1935)

Various poor shots of people saying goodbye to an unidentified VIP.

JAPANESE RICE FOR MALAYA

Japanese Rice For Malaya (1940-1949)

Footage of rice on its way to Malaya.

CORNISH SCENES

Cornish Scenes (1948)

Static Shots - Cornish Village and Railway Viaduct

RAILWAY LINES - Colour

Railway Lines - Colour (1972)

Railway tracks from the speeding train - Colour.

 RADIUM HILL IS NOW A GHOST TOWN

Radium Hill Is Now A Ghost Town (1962)

Town built for mine workers is abandoned when all the...

BRITAIN'S FIRST STREAMLINED RAIL CAR

Britain's First Streamlined Rail Car (1933)

Railcar designed to carry passengers on suburban lines.

A ONE WOMAN JOB!

A One Woman Job! (1928)

A woman who runs a railway station in Shrewsbury is featured - she does all the...

PRIVATE RAILWAY

Private Railway (1948)

A privately run railway takes passengers up Mount Snowden. Llanberis, North...

STATION issue title PATHE PICTORIAL GOES AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND

Station Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Goes Away For The Weekend (1947)

Good footage of crowds...

DEMOLITION OF VIADUCT AT LLANBRADACH

Demolition Of Viaduct At Llanbradach (1937)

Viaduct being demolished in Wales.

PLACING A HUNDRED TON GIRDER IN PLACE AT SPEKE, NR. LIVERPOOL

Placing A Hundred Ton Girder In Place At Speke, Nr. Liverpool (1938)

A huge girder is guided...

ITALY'S UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

Italy's Underground Railway (1939)

Good footage of workers building new underground rail network in...

GLASGOW PLANS FOR TOMORROW

Glasgow Plans For Tomorrow (1949)

A model for a new Glasgow is displayed for people to view.

TRAIN WHEELS

Train Wheels (1938)

New lighter train wheels were designed and made.

RHODESIAN DROUGHT WORST FOR 20 YEARS

Rhodesian Drought Worst For 20 Years (1966)

One of the worst drought in decades threatens Rhodesia.

CZECH RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION

Czech Railway Electrification (1957)

Prague railway station changes from steam to electricity....

RAIL STRIKE

Rail Strike (1955)

Various shots of one train that is running during the rail strike, a crowded station...

THE RAIL STRIKE ENDS aka RAIL STRIKE ENDS

The Rail Strike Ends AKA Rail Strike Ends (1955)

Various shots of steam engines in sidings, shots...

THE URAL LUMBERMEN

The Ural Lumbermen (1957)

Lumbermen at work in the Urals.

 AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST RAILWAY CLOSING

Australia's Oldest Railway Closing (1962)

Closure of remote railway line in Australia.

BIG AND SMALL TRAIN MAKING

Big And Small Train Making (1965)

Diesel train assembled at engineering factory and made in model...

THE POTTERIES FACTORY

The Potteries Factory (1914-1930)

Item showing the Potteries Factory.

MANUAL HANDLING INSTRUCTION

Manual Handling Instruction (1967)

British Railway workers learn the right way of manual lifting.

RAVENGLASS RAILWAY

Ravenglass Railway (1963)

The Ravenglass miniature steam train travelling through the Cumberland...

ARMY RAILWAY

Army Railway (1961)

An item about the soldiers trained to work on the army railway at Camp Longmoor.

OUT TAKES / CUTS FROM CP 346 - BABY ANIMALS and WATERCRESS FARM

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 346 - Baby Animals And Watercress Farm (1961)

Out takes (rushes, cuts)...

1932'S FIRST RAILWAY WRECK

1932's First Railway Wreck (1932)

Scenes of damage at the site of a French railway crash.

DEMOLITION OF LLANBRADACH VIADUCT

Demolition Of Llanbradach Viaduct (1938)

Derelict columns of a railway viaduct are blown up with...

MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

Model Railway Exhibition (1938)

Children watch model trains go speeding along their tracks at the Model...

NEWS FROM AFRICA - SWAZILAND'S NEW RAILWAY

News From Africa - Swaziland's New Railway (1963)

New railway is being build in Swaziland.

COAL TRUCKS

Coal Trucks (1948)

Volunteers from local cricket team help to clear coal from railway sidings and get it...

RAILWAY SIGNAL aka BLIND MAN'S TRAIN

Railway Signal AKA Blind Man's Train (1951)

A blind man tests new signal device with model train in...

RECONSTRUCTING WARSAW STATION

Reconstructing Warsaw Station (1947)

Building work begins on wrecked Warsaw railway station. Poland.

FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN AMUSEMENT PARK AT BATTERSEA aka FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN FUNFAIR

Festival Of Britain Amusement Park At Battersea AKA Festival Of Britain Funfair (1951)

Construction...

RAIL STRIKE

Rail Strike (1955)

Various shots of the pithead at Betteshanger Colliery in Kent, with coal trucks...

REACTIVE DRILLING

Reactive Drilling (1958)

Engineers operating an air-burning drill in a stone quarry.

FRENCH HORSE MEAT TRADE

French Horse Meat Trade (1960)

Butcher and Vaugirard abattoir which deals only in the slaughter of...

RAILWAY RESEARCH CENTRE

Railway Research Centre (1967)

Railway tracks tested and improved at railway research centre in Derby.