Close-Up View for Loco Spotters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1141
Date Released
16 Apr 1951
Date submitted
5 Apr 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Close-Up View for Loco Spotters. DESCRIPTION: Nearly a thousand schoolboy Loco spotters left King’s Cross recently for a trip to Doncaster to see construction and repair sheds there. Their train was drawn by the world-speed record-breaking engine Mallard. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GV Mallard with British Rail insignia on tender. Boys crowd aboard train. MS Mallard locomotive. Train pulls out of King’s Cross, David Samuelson with camera leaning from window. Shots aboard train while travelling, children leaning out of window. Arrive at Doncaster, children swarming over locos, etc. at workshops, looking into boilers. Children crawl underneath locomotive.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Railways
Locations
Doncaster; King’s Cross
Card file number
55266
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Close-Up View for Loco Spotters', British Movietone News Issue No. 1141, 16 Apr 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17077 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)