150 mph Train On Existing Tracks
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: For fast intercity services British Rail engineers are developing a super train which will maintain speeds of 150 mph. Using unique suspension and banking mechanisms, the new train is a major break through because it will be able to use the thousands of miles of conventional rail networks.
- Keywords
- Railways; Transport; Science and technology; Engineering
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/14
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Producer
- Janice Willett / Kay
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Cutter
- Peter Cullum
- Director
- Terry Wheeler
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
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- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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How to cite this record
'150 mph Train On Existing Tracks', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 14, 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350804 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)