The Driving Force - DVD Trailer

The BFI have uploaded the London bus extract from Bridge of Song which complements the River Trent lock extract on the waterways video.

Up and coming film shows at Kidderminster Railway Museum

Saturday April 13th
Railways Remembered with Rob Foxon
Mallard and the Record Breakers

Rob will be showing some more of his extensive library of 16mm cine films with the theme of speed.  The films and subjects will include the Cheltenham Flyer, the LNER Silver Jubilee, the German record-breaker for steam and speed, the Coronation Scot, the world record for speed made by Mallard in July 1938, and then the development of high speed rail travel including the Advanced Passenger Train.  The show starts at 7.30pm and finishes about 10pm.

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Saturday May 3rd

A Day of Classic Transport Films with Keith Bullock
We are running 21 films during the course of the day and evening to a set programme, including many from the British Transport Film Archive and many rarely seen films. There will be five shows during the day, each one lasting approximately one hour
and one show during the evening lasting two and half hours with an interval. All films are 16mm and shown through a traditional projector onto our ten foot screen. You can choose which of the films you want to come and see - all of them if you are really keen! The shows are as below

11.00am -12.00 midday - Aspects of railway history
Work in progress (1951)
Around the clock (1945)
The time of their lives (1950)

12.30pm – 1.30pm – Railway operations and people
Farmer moving south (1952)
This is York (1953)
The third Sam (1962)

2.00pm – 3.00pm – Weather and railways
Floods in the north (1948)
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955)
602 must go through (1952)

3.30pm – 4.30pm – Road, Water and Trams
Omnibus for all (1963)
Broad waterways (1959)
London Transport Cine Gazette 12
(the elephant will never forget) (1953)

5.00 – 6.00 – Railway operations and trains
Elizabethan Express (1954)
Fully fitted freight (1957)
Lets go to Birmingham (1962)

7.30pm – 10.15pm – a general mix of transport films
London Transport Cine Gazette No 5 (1950)
Ocean Terminal (1952)
St Pancras re-laying (1947)
30 million acres (1947)
The Phoenix works (1950)
Under the River (1959)

Daytime shows - £2.50  (for each show)
    £2.00 for SVR members (please bring card)
Daytime five-show ticket - £7.50  (five for the price of three)
    £6.00 for SVR members (please bring card)
Evening show - £5.00
  £4.50 for SVR members (please  bring card)

Railways Remembered - Rob Foxon film show dates

Usual caveats apply - please check details before travelling - OCR isn't perfect!

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2013

2nd October (Wed) 7.45pm. Railways Remembered,
Harborough Railway Association, Conservative Club, Fairfield Road, MARKET HARBOROUGH, Leics, LE16
From Wagon Load To Freightliner - Freight Trains. Details: 01858 446300.

12th October (Sat) 7.30pm. Bygone Britain,
Broughton Astley Village Society, Village Hall, BROUGHTON ASTLEY, Leics, LE9 6PT.
The Highways 0f Yesterday. Details: 01455 282622.

16th October (Wed) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
The Benn Hall, Newbold Road, RUGBY, Warks, CV21 2LN.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

17th October (Thurs) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Palace Theatre, Appletongate, NEWARK, Notts, N624 lJY.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Box Office: 01636 655755.

21st October (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Corn Market Hall, London Road, KETTERING, Northants, NNIS
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

24th October (Thurs) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, DERBY, DE24 9HY.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

7th November (Thurs) 7.30pm. Bygone Britain,
Palace Theatre, Appletongate, NEWARK, Notts, NG24 NY.
The Highways 0f Yesterday (Road Transport Archive). Box Office: 01636 655755.

11th November (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, ROTHLEY, Leics, LE7 7PR.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

14th November (Thurs) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
The Memorial Hall, Grimsby Road, CLEETHORPES, N.E. Lines, DN35 8AH.
Mallard & The Record Breakers (inc Cleetlmrpes on Film). Details: 0116 289 0531.

17th November (Sun) 2.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Phoenix, Midland Street, LEICESTER, LE1 lTG.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Box Office: 0116 242 2800.

25th November (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Peak Railway Association, Library Theatre, Tudor Square, SHEFFIELD, Sl
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0114 268 0948.

28th November (Thurs) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Palace Theatre, Appletongate, NEWARK, Notts, NG24 lJY.
Special Xmas Programme. Box Office: 01636 655755.

10th December (Tues) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Friends Of The NRM, National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, YORK, Y026
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

15th December (Sun) 11.30am & 2.30pm. Leics Film Archive,
Phoenix, Midland Street, LEICESTER, LE1 lTG.
The Bygone Leicester Moving Picture Show. Box Office: 0116 242 2800.

30th December (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
The Rothley Centre, Mouutsorrel Lane, ROTHLEY, Leics, LE7 7PR.
Special End Of Year Programme. Details: 0116 289 0531.

2014

13th January (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Peak Railway Association, Library Theatre, Tudor Square, SHEFFIELD, Sl IXZ.
New Year Programme. Details: 0114 268 0948.

22nd February (Sat) 7.00pm. Railways Remembered,
Trinity Church Hall, Higher Market Street, FARNWORTH, Bolton, Lanes, BL4 SEX.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0161 703 9353.

26th February (Wed) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
The Benn Hall, Newbold Road, RUGBY, Warks, CV21 2LN.
New Programme. Details: 0116 289 0531.

lst March (Sat) 2.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Town Hall, Broad Street, CHIPPING SODBURY, S. Glos, B837 6AD.
Mallard & The Record Breakers. Details: 0116 289 0531.

1st March (Sat) 7.00pm. Aviation Archive,
Town Hall, Broad Street, CHIPPING SODBURY, S. Glos, B837 GAD.
Combat Aircraft Of WWII. Details: 0116 289 0531.

7th March (Fri) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Kettering & District Locomotive Society, Corn Market Hall, London Road, KETTERING, Northants, NN15 7QA.
The LMS Film Unit. Details: 0116 289 0531.

17th March (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Corn Market Hall, London Road, KETTERING, Northants, NN15 7QA.
New Programme. Details: 0116 289 0531.

20th March (Thurs) 7.30pm.
Railways Remembered, Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, DERBY, DE24 9HY.
New Programme. Details: 0116 289 0531.

17th April (Thurs) 7.30pm. Aviation Archive,
Rolls Royce Pavilion, Moor Lane, DERBY, DE24 9HY.
From Imperial Airways To The Jet Age (New Programme). Details: 0116 289 0531.

8th May (Thurs) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Palace Theatre, Appletongate, NEWARK, Notts, NG24 lJY.
Diesel Power On British Railways. Box Office: 01636 655755.

19th May (Mon) 7.30pm. Railways Remembered,
Peak Railway Association, Library Theatre, Tudor Square, SHEFFIELD, Sl
New Programme. Details: 0114 268 0948.

The British Transport Films Collection
Volume Eleven
Experiment Under London

On 19 August 2013 a new volume will be added to the BFI’s best-selling series of transport and travel films, The British Transport Films Collection.

Marking London Underground’s 150th anniversary, Experiment Under London Volume Eleven in this series of double-DVD sets, presents six films documenting the construction of the Underground’s Victoria Line, which were produced by the BTF Unit for London Transport.

During the Autumn of 1962, engineering work began on the first new underground railway to be built under Central London in over sixty years. Made between 1961 and 1969, the films show, in meticulous detail, the mammoth undertaking of building the Victoria Line, one of
the most complex civil engineering projects that London had ever seen. It was officially opened by the Queen in March 1969.

After the initial film showing the proposals and the tunnelling technology that will be used, the other five films are Cine-gazette style reports that not only show the technical engineering achievements but also the human endeavour required from the workforce
and the cooperation of the public.

This digitally mastered double-disc collection, which is accompanied by a booklet of film notes, is a must, not only for the transport enthusiast, transport workers and engineers, but also for documentary aficionados and anyone interested in Britain’s industrial history.

The Films

• Experiment Under London (1961): experimental excavations in preparations for the new Victoria Line underground;
• The Victoria Line Report No.1: Over and Under (1965): the chief civil engineer for LT's new underground line from Victoria to Walthamstow describes the work in progress from early 1963 to mid 1964 at Oxford Circus;
• Report No. 2: Down and Along (1965): modern techniques of tunnelling, the use of a mechanical digging shield in a running tunnel, and the digging by hand of vast underground caverns for junctions and cross-overs;
• Report No. 3: Problems and Progress (1967): the difficulties met by the designers and contractors, particularly at Kings Cross and Oxford Circus; the diversion work at Finsbury Park and the problem of accurate track laying;
• Report No. 4: Equip and Complete (1968): installing model escalators, testing new rolling stock and automatic train control, installing power supply and the operation of the Walthamstow-Highbury section;
• Report No. 5: London's Victoria Line (1966): the design, construction and completion of the new line showing the various phases and engineering techniques involved.

Special Features

• A Hundred Years Underground (UK, 1963): the story of London Underground from its inception to modern times with contributions from distinguished Londoners including a young John Betjeman, singer Jessie Matthews, Lord Morrison of Lambeth and sculptor Henry Moore;
• The Queen Opening the Victoria Line (1969): mute rushes of the official opening ceremony.

Product Details

RRP: £19.99 / cat. no. BFIVD975 / E
UK / 1961-1969 / b&w and colour / 167 mins / DVD9 x 2 / Original
aspect ratio 1.33:1


...and a clip has been published on YouTube, showing how a steel umbrella was erected over Oxford Circus road junction on August bank holiday weekend 1963 (amazing how quiet the streets are!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcxOGxUIsJw

It's probably also worth mentioning that the 167 mins running time only refers to the main sextet of films - A Hundred Years Underground runs 39 minutes (minus PAL speedup), so it's a pretty substantial extra.

Another fine effort from Barry Coward featuring BTF footage and out-takes

Dr Beeching explians the need for ratinalisation of the railways in Britain...

Barry Coward has compiled some glorious BTF out-takes of Kings Cross for our enjoyment.


"Kings Cross has changed over the past year, and when the frontage is finally clear will look even more magnificent, though I suspect Network Rail will soon be tempted to clutter the area will retail units. I have just complied a memory of how it was in my childhood days."