At Raglan Road Crossing in Monmouthshire we see a one-woman station. A woman comes out of a building and opens the level crossing gates. She is the Station Master for this tiny station and also the signal woman, level crossing...
At Raglan Road Crossing in Monmouthshire we see a one-woman station. A woman comes out of a building and opens the level crossing gates. She is the Station Master for this tiny station and also the signal woman, level crossing keeper, booking clerk and porter. A one-carriage train pulls into the station; a woman holding a child waits on the platform.
Various shots of an artist, Mr Ispen (sp?), writing a tiny dance programme in a grid the size of a stamp. He does this without the aid of a magnifying glass. Other pieces of miniature writing are shown; the Lord's Prayer the size of a sixpence and the same in six different languages, the size of a penny.
In Reigate we see brief shots of people arriving at a countryside windmill for a church service.
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