Introduces the businessman’s first class express, the new 90 m.p.h. diesel Pullman. Undergoing its preliminary trials between London and Manchester, the features of the train demonstrate themselves with almost no commentary, and the final sequence shows the train in action seen from the air, and from the driver’s cabin.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001342
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Diesel locomotives - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroad trains
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Pullman cars
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)