The Big Train Robbery

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1689
Date Released
16 Oct 1961
Date submitted
12 Oct 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Big Train Robbery. DESCRIPTION: Junee, a town in New South Wales, knows all about bandits. While celebrating its 75th birthday, they revived memories of the rugged past with a realistic reconstruction of a terrifying hold up. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS carnival. MS same. GV same. MS train. MS men get over fence. MS same on train. MCU man on horse. LS men go to rescue. MS people getting off train. MCU same. LS rescue people. CU train wheel. CU same. MS train. LS train hits train. Re-enactment of great train robbery in period costume (at carnival).
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals; Crime; History and archaeology
Locations
Australia; New South Wales; Junee
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
83289
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Big Train Robbery', British Movietone News Issue No. 1689, 16 Oct 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24318 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)