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A rare and believed lost film Today and Every Day made in 1947, covers the history of Britain's railways, and a contemporary account of all aspects of operations on the railway system. It features some of the crack expresses of the day, including the Golden Arrow and a footplate ride on the Cheltenham Flyer. Then a visit to Swindon A shed to see a GWR King class locomotive under construction.
Also included is North British (1949) a look inside the famous Springburn locomotive manufacturing factory, plus Locomotives For the Second Front (1943) a short newsreel item about building War Department Austerity engines at Springburn. Click here for a film clip of North British.

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Channel 4's history of the North British Locomotive Company of Springburn Glasgow. The film details the story of Neilson Reid, Dubs & Co and Sharp Stewart which combined forces in 1903 to become the North British Locomotive Company.
Diamonds Were Forever also includes steam action of many surviving locomotives around the world and in Britain, including scenes of the legendary 1911-built wood burning engines of Paraguay, a steam rally in Melbourne, Australia, and steam-condensing giants on the South African veldt. Filmed by Eddie McConnell.

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The superb GPO documentary Night Mail plus three classic Scottish films about the West Highland Railways never before released on DVD. The programme includes:
Night Mail (1936, b/w) - The overnight Postal Special from Euston to Scotland. One of the first films to epitomise the style of the classic British documentaries.
West Of Inverness (1939, b/w) - About the problems faced by a rural community and the growing importance of the railway from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh to communities threatened by depopulation.
The Line To Skye (1973, colour) - An Eddie McConnell film made to support the retention of the West Highland railway line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh at a time when it was threatened with closure.
A Line For All Seasons (1980, colour) - A retrospective account of the building of the West Highland Railway line from Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig. Filmed by Eddie McConnell.

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A collection of vintage films about life in the British Railway industry in the 1940s and 1950s. The programme comprises:
The Railwaymen (1946) - A fascinating insight into the lives of railwaymen and the wide variety of job opportunities available.
Shunter Black's Night Off (1941) - Joe Black's evening pipe is interrupted by a Luftwaffe raid on his marshalling yard on the Southern Railway.
Portrait of an Engineer (1954) - a day in the life of a production engineer at the Vulcan Foundry.
British Locomotives (1959, colour) - locomotive manufacturers face the challenge of the British Railways modernisation programme to convert to diesel and diesel electric locomotives.

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One of our most popular titles, Waverley Steps, John Eldridge's classic view of Edinburgh in 1948 produced for the first Edinburgh International Film Festival, makes its DVD debut. Centered around a day in the life of a railway fireman and other residents of Edinburgh. Recorded using location sound it offers a fly-on-the-wall view of Edinburgh life in a more leisurely era long gone. One of the classic documentaries.

Edinburgh filmed in 1966 in technicolor by Edinburgh film makers Campbell Harper and directed by Henry Cooper, tells the history of the city. Click here for film clip from Edinburgh.

Jean Gray's 1937 film Northern Capital shows the sights of Edinburgh in glorious black and white. Originally silent, it is presented with music composed and performed by Graham Speedie.

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A series of colourful trips on the lovely branchlines of Devon and Cornwall in the days of first generation British Rail Diesel Multiple Units - DMUs. Made in 1975 (Westward Television) and 1990 (Television South West) and presented by John Doyle. Also includes several bonus newsreel items from the last years of steam culled from the archives of Westward Television and Television South West, plus items about the opening of the Dart Valley Railway and the Bodmin & Wenford Railway.