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Overhead Electric Train Journey 1970
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Various shots from front of train as it passes along tracks at speed. Close-up of driver inside carriage. Shots from onboard train as it hurtles along. Close-up of driver and controls at the front of train. Shots from front of train. Ditto. Various shots from train window showing...
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- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:10:00 / 01:15:15:00
- Canister:
- UN 4599 B
- Film ID:
- 3077.01
- Issue Date:
- 1970
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- Favourites stock footage ad intercity traffic
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The location(s) of all this footage is hard to pinpoint, however train destination board tell us that the material after the 9-minute mark is shot at a station somewhere on the line between Bletchey and Euston.