Working Model Of British Railways New Railway AKA Model Railway: Olympia (1964)

Unissued, unused material dates and locations may be unclear, unknown. London Various shots, large working scale model demonstrating British Rail s new railway at Britain s Food Fair opening at the Olympia Exhibition Hall, London, on 1st September 1964. CU Operators at the controls. CU Various shots, models of passenger and freight trains move around circuit. Note: Date on original record: 31, 08, 1964. Contemporary notes give scale of model as 7 mm to the foot, the total size is 30 feet by 15 feet. The model was made by British Rail s model specialist Ronald Beddoes aged 59 and his two assistants, Charles Holmes (27) and Daniel Fountain (29). FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 it