Railway Training School 1955

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Crewe.

GV. Locomotive on testing bed, its wheels slowly turning. CU. Wheels turning. CU. Driver giving more steam. GV. Engine racing on test bed. GV. Interior, workshops at Crewe's British Railways apprentices' school. Trainees working at benches. SC. & CU. Peter Jones from Nantwich at lathe....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31161
Sort Number:
55/077
Time in/Out:
01:21:31:00 / 01:22:37:00
Canister:
55/77
Film ID:
547.17
Issue Date:
26/09/1955

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