British Pathe

Battersea, London.

L/S of a three-tiered signpost in white, red and green saying 'Modern Railway Travel'. L/S of two locomotives stationary on a track, a few people are standing around looking at them. M/S of a red and black engine, a man climbs out of the cabin followed by a little boy, some...

Battersea, London.

L/S of a three-tiered signpost in white, red and green saying 'Modern Railway Travel'. L/S of two locomotives stationary on a track, a few people are standing around looking at them. M/S of a red and black engine, a man climbs out of the cabin followed by a little boy, some more people walk past looking at the engine.

M/S of another train, the camera moves across to a blue engine which the narrator tells us is a "3300 horsepower diesel electric prototype, most powerful yet built in this country". It is part of an exhibition about the modernisation and re-equipment plan for the railways. L/S of the engine, people are walking round it and a boy climbs up into the cabin. M/S of a man helping him up, the camera moves down to show a little girl also climbing up, she is helped into the cabin. C/U of a man looking at the engine, C/U of the engine's name -'Deltic'. C/U of a lamp bracket on the engine. L/S of the front of the engine.

M/S of two men walking up to a black and red 1000 horsepower locomotive, two boys jump off and the men get on. M/S of a man and woman sat inside a first class carriage, they are looking at the curtains. C/U inside the carriage the camera moves down over the plush red seats. C/U of the man and woman adjusting the seats. L/S of another carriage in a red train shot from outside, two men enter it, one sits down and the other opens the window and joins him. C/U inside the carriage which is second class, the men examine the curtains and look up at the lamps, there is a flowery pattern on the wall. One of them pulls the light switch, the camera moves down and he lifts the arm rest up. It then moves over to show the other one examining the ashtrays on the wall.

L/S of a lady stood in front of the kitchen buffet car, she is drinking and the barman is at work behind the glass counter. M/S of the lady as she puts her drink on the counter and looks round the buffet, she goes over and looks at the red curtains. M/S of the barman in front of a row of optics, there are rows of bottles beside it. The camera pans round to show the glass counter.

M/S of the decor in the restaurant buffet car, with wooden beams and red lights. A man is stood at a counter having a drink. M/S of a light fitting attached to a wooden beam. M/S of a woman and child sat at a dining table in the restaurant car, they are looking at a menu. The woman beckons to a waiter who walks over to take their order. A man is being served from a bar in the background, the waiter walks towards it. M/S of the front of the 'Deltic'.