Extra ! Flying Scotsman Leaves For USA 1969

Star Item

Description

Extra ! Flying Scotsman leaves for USA. Liverpool on Merseyside.

Travelling shot through window of train. Passing over rails. C/U driver in cab of electric train. C/U controls. M/S electric train travelling on track. C/U railway lines with weeds growing in between. Pan up to an old railway...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57486
Sort Number:
69/078
Time in/Out:
01:34:46:00 / 01:36:22:00
Canister:
69/78
Film ID:
2227.32
Issue Date:
25/09/1969

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
One Million Volts

One Million Volts

Footage of electrical tests carried out in dark room.

Smashing The Atom

Smashing The Atom

Experiments using electricity to shatter different kinds of materials.

(Electric Palace Title)

(Electric Palace Title)

Illuminated Sign reading 'Electric Palace'.

Live Line Working

Live Line Working

Safety suits for electricity engineers in Odiham, Hampshire.

New Electricity Connection

New Electricity Connection

Men working on electricity pylons in Holland.

(Electric Switch)

(Electric Switch)

Close up shot of finger turning on an electricity switch.

GEC Buildings

GEC Buildings

General Electric Company buildings.

Electricity Storage Plant

Electricity Storage Plant

Technicians inside electricity centre. Good throughout

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.
WW1
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions