"The latest on wheels and lines, at March, Cambridgeshire." Panning shot of criss crossing railway tracks. M/S of L.N.E.R. locomotive passing the camera. Men are seen at work uncoupling the wagons. The carriages hold cargo rather than people. High angle shot of train...
"The latest on wheels and lines, at March, Cambridgeshire." Panning shot of criss crossing railway tracks. M/S of L.N.E.R. locomotive passing the camera. Men are seen at work uncoupling the wagons. The carriages hold cargo rather than people. High angle shot of train moving along track. M/S of trucks seemingly moving on their own along the tracks.
L/S of the control tower. C/U of message arriving by vacuum delivery system. ("Lanson tube?") The message is deposited in in a wire container and operator sends back the metal canister inside which the message was placed. We then see a man at large control desk which moves the rails for the wagons. Various shots of the wagons rolling "with uncanny precision" into their proper sidings. L/S of the control tower and the wagons moving around is intercut with shots of man operating controls. Novel kind of brake called a retarder is demonstrated.
Point of view shot from front of the wagon. High angle shot of the wagons moving around. "A worm's eye shot of the retarder in action" - wagon passes over the camera. "Power and progress in transportation is day and night keeping the wheels of industry turning." L/S of man standing beside a wagon as it moves.
Note: Narrator describes how science and technology are working together - it is seen as something of a marvel.
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