Elizabethan Express, Short Movie, 1954
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◊ 2017-09-06 00:29 |
![[Image: title.411.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/title.411.jpg) ![[Image: titleb.38.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/titleb.38.jpg) 20 minute film taken from ![[Image: covercompx3.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/covercompx3.jpg) British Transport Films Volume One: On and Off the Rails 2-DVD set. Can be seen here. Superbly produced account (although irritating commentary in rhyming couplets) of the Elizabethan non-stop service ![[Image: eliz6-5hrs.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/eliz6-5hrs.jpg) from London to Edinburgh - 6½ hours (compared to now average journey time is 4 hours 41 minutes, fastest journey time is 4 hours 17 minutes). Pulled by the Silver Fox (footage reused in A New Age for Railways) ![[Image: sfox.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/sfox.jpg) ![[Image: sfoxa.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/sfoxa.jpg) ![[Image: sfoxc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/sfoxc.jpg) and one of the best composed and evocative-of-its-time sequences I've seen for ages ![[Image: sfoxd.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/sfoxd.jpg) Edinburgh buses and tram ![[Image: 18-54bus.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/18-54bus.jpg) ![[Image: 18-54busb.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/18-54busb.jpg) ![[Image: 18-54busc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/18-54busc.jpg) -- Last edit: 2017-09-06 01:16:18 |
