Modern Railway (1963)
London. M, S various vintage vehicles inside new transport museum. M, S horse drawn bus. C, U sign Paddington to Bank. Panning shot two men looking at horse drawn omnibuses. M, S Stephenson s Rocket. C, U sign Rocket. C, U belt drive of Puffing Billy steam train. M, S of old fashioned railway carriage. M, S steam train, pan to other steam train. Yorkshire. Story moves to show various railway modernisation schemes. M, S inside automated train washing machine. C, U rotating sponges and sprays of water. M, S of train driver steering train through wash. Point of View shot as train goes through wash. M, S train coming out of wash. M, S of a track side trencher dragging up earth. Various shots of machine making a trench for drainage pipes. The earth is carried by conveyor belt onto a truck before being dumped in rail wagons. L, S trains coming into large station. C, U man adjusting automatic track greaser. M, S man scooping grease into machine. M, S man with flags under arm watching
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