Look at Life on the Railways (1967)
3.2 of 5 from 5 ratings
0h 48min
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From 1959 to 1969, the Rank organisation made a series of short films for the cinema under the series title Look at Life. The films were released on a weekly basis and shown in Odeon cinemas up and down the country. Ultimately over 500 'Look at Lifeswere' produced, all of them shot on 35mm film and in colour. Now film historian John Huntley presents 5 films from the series, all of which feature the railways of the time - a time of great change, when steam was rapidly being replaced by diesel.
Letting Off Steam (1959)
- Centenary London to Portsmouth line
- Evening Star
- New class 40 D202
- Stratford class 31 D5522- Bristolian still steam hauled
- Woodhead Tunnel Route
- Wiring the Eastern Region
- Driver's training school
- Prototype Deltic in action
- Long welded rails at Dover Marine
- Potters Bar Station
Draw the Fires (1963)
- Production Deities
- Class 25s under construction
- Bletchley Flyover
- Baby Deltic DP2
- Tollerton Signal Box
- AWS
- Railway Museum York
- Westerham Kent closed station
- Carlisle withdrawn steam
- Newly preserved Bluebell Line
- The Palatine Express
High, Wide and Faster (1964)
- Integrated transport system
- Carlisle Kingmoor Yard
- London Termini
- On board Blue Pullman
- Coal Merry go Round
- Cliffe, Kent, Cement terminal
Turn of the Wheel (1964)
- Scrapping old carriages
- New class 47
- Middleton Railway preservation
- Newmarket old station
- London buses
- Trams at Crich, Derbyshire
- Traction Engines
- Pullmans
Playing with Trains (1967)
- Keighley and Worth Valley
- Middleton Railway Trust
- Open day Taplow
- Clapham Transport Museum
- Flying Scotsman
- 'Cathedrals Express'- Actors:
- Tim Turner
- Directors:
- Various
- Producers:
- Peter Middleton, George Grafton Green
- Voiced By:
- Vernon Greeves
- Narrated By:
- John Huntley, Tim Turner, Vernon Greeves
- Writers:
- Connery Chappell, Wilfred Greatorex
- Studio:
- Video 125
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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Reviews (1) of Look at Life on the Railways
Great quality, but short. - Look at Life on the Railways review by Mark P
Nice to see these films presented with some background info.
Although the titles in the programme are available to watch on YouTube, it's nice to seem in decent quality. However I did feel the programme was a little short though at under an hour.
But notwithstanding that, an enjoyable railway themed selection of the 'Look at Life' documentaries.
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