Driverless Train

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2322
Date Released
2 Dec 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Driverless Train. DESCRIPTION: A driverless, completely automatic train is seen on its trials near Lille in France. The stations are staffless and the trains run continuously at predetermined intervals. SHOTLIST: SV train past. SV little suburb station. SV sign giving details of train. CU artist’s impression of driverless train. SV man up to ticket counter. CU ticket machine, man picks up ticket. SV man through barrier. SV train pulls up at station. CU man watching television screen as passengers get on train. SV men through doors. SV interior train Upton Station doors open. SV control room SV man watching TV screens. SV passenger onto train. SV man on phone in control room. SV train out of station. FV TS track ahead of train. SV interior passengers in train. SV track ahead. SV train past.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Railways; Transport; Science and technology
Locations
France; Lille
Footage sources
France
Card file number
99506A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Driverless Train', British Movietone News Issue No. 2322, 2 Dec 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30149 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)