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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Cataloguer:
James
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
87237
Sort Number:
UN 4599 B
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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  • 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.

    jamied 20th Sep 2012

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