Title:POST-WAR ENGINEERING AND TRAINING ON THE RAILWAYS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BTF 70
Other titles:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A record of engineering work being planned at Charing Cross Bridge, and training for new railway workers at New Cross Gate.
Description: (13 January 1947) Two engineers look over plans for Charing Cross Bridge (Hungerford Bridge) in central London. Rolling-up one of the plans, they walk out to the bridge and discuss the plans with one of the workers. A surveyor is also featured in the sequence, using a levelling instrument. Two workmen weld railway track on the bridge. SH417
(14 January 1947) A record of railway engineer training at “New Cross Gate S & C assembly depot”, including; track being measured out and trainees using a pneumatic drill. A new scene begins inside a “PWI class at Chelderick School”, where a group of men are sat at wooden desks taking notes. (2 min 13 sec) SH418
(16 January 1947) “New Cross Gate S & C assembly depot”, where trainees learn to lay sections of railway track using manual tools and a pneumatic drill. Sections of track are measured out by two men, and a third takes notes. (2 min 37 sec) SH419
(26 April 1947) Shots from the front of a moving locomotive rushing through an urbanised area in Eltham, South East London. Taken for the “Solicitors Department”. (3 min 40 sec) SH421
Alternative Title:RAILWAYS IN BRITAIN, 1935-1976 [Allocated Series Title]
