Another Engine for the Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1130
Date Released
29 Jan 1951
Date submitted
25 Jan 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Another Engine for the Festival. DESCRIPTION: One of the largest single exhibits for the Festival of Britain has been brought from Glasgow to London by sea. A 173 ton locomotive of a type supplied to India. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Engine (loco) being lifted out of hold of ship. Ship suspended from crane. SCU crane wheels being lowered onto rails on transport. Various shots of the transport passing along road. Private car lifted onto pavement to clear way. Passing under Hungerford Bridge, electric train passes over at same time. Inside Festival still on transport, near the Dome of Discovery.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Railways; Transport; Exhibitions and shows
Card file number
54916
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Another Engine for the Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 1130, 29 Jan 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16910 (Accessed 16 Jun 2025)