19th And 20th Century Rail Road Progress 1938

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London.

Various shots of the Stirling No 1 steam engine being brought alongside the latest streamlined Flying Scotsman - the 'Sir Nigel Gresley' to illustrate 50 years of railway progress. The Stirling train travelled from London to Edinburgh at 50 miles an hour in the 1880s. The Flying Scotsman...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17284
Sort Number:
38/053
Time in/Out:
01:12:11:00 / 01:12:51:00
Canister:
38/53
Film ID:
971.13
Issue Date:
04/07/1938

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