VIDEO 125

One Day in Severn (105-mins) (DVD)

Ref: VI954

Filmed on 30th. June, 1990, this programme covers one day in the life of Severn Bridge Junction, Shrewsbury.

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Price: £13.57 Excluding VAT (non-EU countries e.g.Australia)

Learning To Steam (??-mins) (DVD)

Ref: VI964D

This programme follows the steam learning curve through the eyes of Arfon Haines Davies. Filmed on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough, we follow his progress from trainee cleaner, through fireman to driver of Clun Castle.

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Look At Life On Railways (48-mins) (DVD-R)

Ref: VI939D

Presented by John Huntley. (100% colour) 48 minutes

Look at Lifes were released on a weekly basis and shown in Odeon cinemas up and down the country. Ultimately over 500 films were produced, all of them shot on 35mm film and in colour.

In his last programme for Video 125, 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.

The five films featured are:

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 Deltics, 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Flyover, Baby Deltic, DP2, Tollerton Signal Box, AWS, Railway Museum York, Westerham Kent closed station, Carlisle withdrawn steam, Newly preserved Bluebell Line, The Palatine Express.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 TRAINS (1967): Keighley and Worth Valley, Middleton Railway Trust, Open day Taplow, Clapham Transport Museum, Flying Scotsman, ‘Cathedrals Express’.

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