News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: 1880 Train Runs Again to Cambridge

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
482
Date Released
29 Aug 1938
Date submitted
27 Aug 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 13
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Old-Fashioned Train. SHOTLIST: People turn out in dresses of the period to travel in original train which ran from London to Scotland in 1880. It is seen leaving the station and tearing along through the countryside at over sixty. The locomotive, into the driving cabin of which a glimpse is seen at the station (the driver wearing a deerstalker cap) is named "Patrick Stirling".
Keywords
Railways; Fashion and costume; History and archaeology
Footage sources
Local
Card file number
34188
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: 1880 Train Runs Again to Cambridge', British Movietone News Issue No. 482, 29 Aug 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9148 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)