Students' Railway 1962

Star Item

Description

Leeds, Yorkshire.

Leeds University's Railway Society have permission from British Rail to work on the Middleton Railway (the oldest in the World). They are seen here moving rolling-stock full of goods for final despatch by British Railways.

Various shots of fresh faced students doing...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3032
Sort Number:
CP 401
Time in/Out:
01:46:27:00 / 01:47:31:00
Canister:
CP 401
Film ID:
191.11
Issue Date:
03/09/1962

Appears in...

Collections
Cinemagazines
Categories
Travel & Exploration
WorkSpaces
Temporary workspace: 9.7.2009 13:56 Video 125

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 307 - Station Home

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 307 - Station Home

Out takes (cuts, rushes) for story featured in CP 307.

Last Journey Of Quaint Old Railway

Last Journey Of Quaint Old Railway

A train runs its last journey on a tiny old railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

Austria Celebrates Her Centenary Of Railways

Austria Celebrates Her Centenary Of Railways

Trains from 1800s to 1930s shown in rail show to celebrate century of Austrian railways.

New Engines From Us (Dublin Issue)

New Engines From Us (Dublin Issue)

'Utility' railway engines arrive at a British port from America.

Signals!

Signals!

Men at work in a modern signal box on the Southern Railway near Brighton.

Railway Track Laying

Railway Track Laying

Preassembled units of track are laid at Waterloo Station to prevent timetable disruption.

(Railway Station)

(Railway Station)

A train pulls into a railway station.

Replacing Rails In Sections

Replacing Rails In Sections

Footage of faulty rails being replaced in Czechoslovakia.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911