Documentary celebrating 100 years of British railway history and the opening of the world’s first steam hauled public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Line. Its first engine became known as “Locomotion”. Uses collections of prints and sketches of people and architectural sights from a variety of museums and archival and picture libraries in the United Kingdom.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006433
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Locomotives - History
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Railroads - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Great Britain
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)