Electrification Of New Section Of Lner Lner 1938

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Newcastle, Tyne and Wear.

Various shots of the Mayor of Newcastle boarding a train at Newcastle railway station and travelling with his entourage and numerous other men along a newly-electrified rail line to South Shields - this is the first train to travel on the electric line. On arriving...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
16365
Sort Number:
38/024
Time in/Out:
01:54:09:00 / 01:54:45:00
Canister:
38/24
Film ID:
955.70
Issue Date:
27/03/1938

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