A series of 13 topical films, produced since the far reaching plan for the modernisation and re-equipment of British Railways in 1955 started to take effect, to log the many developments - new services, equipment, techniques - wherever these have been introduced. They provide a unique pictorial record of the progress of British Railways.
13 films
Rail Report 1
1959
Rail Report 2
1961
Rail Report 3
1961
Rail Report 4
1963
Rail Report 5
1965
Rail Report 6: The Good Way to Travel
1966
Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload
1967
Rail Report 8: The New Tradition
1968
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
1969
Rail Report 10: Our Business Is Moving
1970
Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment
1970
Rail Report 12: This Year by Rail
1972
Watching
Rail Report 13: On Track for the Eighties
1980
John Legard (Director) · Glyn Jones (Writer)
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A review of innovation and development within BR and its businesses, including: modernisation of freight facilities and service to new companies; progress of the Bedford/St. Pancras electrification project; paved track and permanent way maintenance; Sealink's "Galloway Princess"; Seaspeed's SRN4; and the Research department's magnetically levitated vehicle. For general showing.
