COUNTRYSIDE IN SNOW; CARGO VESSELS; INDUSTRIAL SIDINGS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: COUNTRYSIDE IN SNOW; CARGO VESSELS; INDUSTRIAL SIDINGS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 210
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. Small country station under snow. Views of snow covered countryside from moving train, including a castle on a loch (presumably Scotland). II. Tugs pulling freight ships. Oil tanker train at fuel depot (Beeston Castle, perhaps?). III. Rail wagons full of metal swarf, factory with camouflaged cooling towers in background.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: BTF 210
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 210)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: London Midland and Scottish Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: buildings, British - commercial: railway station (object name) defences, British - passive: cooling towers (camouflaged) (object name) ships, British civilian - assistance: tug (object name) transport, British civilian - rail: oil tanker train (object name) GB, Scotland (geography) GB, England & Tarporley, Cheshire <Beeston Castle rail depot> (?) (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 156 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BTF 210

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