Seventh rail report: speed the payload

In many aspects of railway working, modern methods and structures are making for quicker results. Shows how sending loads of coal by the Merry-go-round trains is regularising the supply to the power stations, and how the Motorail terminal at Olympia speeds the holidaymaker comfortably on his way with his car. Also demonstrates British Rail’s hovercraft service between Southampton and Cowes in the Isle of Wight.

Credits

production company

British Transport Films

Duration

00:15:41:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1967

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

28409

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Hovercraft

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Freight cars - History

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Places → Great Britain

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1967

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