Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear.
Cuts from newsreel 49/44 - tavern on the train.
M/S of train at station platform, marked 'Restaurant'. M/S of painted sign - 'The Jolly Tar'; pan to people entering door of coach.
General view of people sitting at tables in restaurant car being served by waiters. - very high and small windows! Tables face each other across the aisle. Various shots of barman pouring drinks for people standing at bar.
Several shots of people entering and standing about in the 'Jolly Tar' bar - it is decorated like a rustic tavern. M/Ss of people sitting in restaurant car. C/U of waiter's hand pouring drink into glasses on a restaurant table.
Cataloguer's note: it all looks much more civilised than the plastic buffet cars of today!
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