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
Watching
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
Rail Report 13: On Track for the Eighties
1980
The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St., Durham, Sunderland, Kirkcaldy; hovercraft - Isle of Wight service; Cartic car-carrying wagon; testing of wagon bodies - Derby laboratories; Southern House; Glasgow suburban services; Guildford signal box; Freightliners, company trains; hostesses - Seaspeed and at Gatwick Airport station.
