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  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 01/01/1967
  • Duration : 14 minutes
  • Director: Geoffrey Jones
  • Production: Geoffrey Jones (Films), British Railways Board, British Transport Films
  • Country: United Kingdom
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Overview:

"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of top priority. Geoffrey Jones recorded a rapidly disappearing world of everyday steam travel, with its labour-intensive rail workforce : some of the footage in "Rail" (recognisable from "Snow") dates from around 1962.

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