Tony Thompson

The Travolators

Approximately 40,000 people use the Waterloo & City Underground line every day. For years they had walked to and from the platforms at the Bank by a steep passage known as the 'Drain'. But know, they can ride up and down on the first moving pavements in Europe - the Travolators. This film shows the construction of the Travolators which was achieved without disrupting normal traffic.

Speaking of Freight

When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In this case, it's a particularly giant-sized transport problem. But before he's convinced that the railways can help him solve it, there is an atmosphere of battle in the room, and some interesting and unexpected facts are hurled about in the course of the argument. Made to promote the use of railways to transport raw materials and finished products.

A Letter for Wales

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

Three Is Company

An American couple tour Britain with a teenage girl, visiting London, Canterbury, Cambridge, the West Country, Caernarvon, etc.

The Travel Game

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from Liverpool St. imagines the possible destinations of his fellow passengers.

Overhaul

The new bus works at Aldenham, with complete process of overhaul system of RT buses. This includes separating the bus body from the chassis, paint and wood work, and brake testing, etc.

Making Tracks

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

Any Man's Kingdom

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

Round the Island

The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

Yorkshire Sands

Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy the sea and the sands, the funfair and the ballroom: for a row or romance, there's something for each!

Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

Elizabethan Express

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along the East Coast Main Line. A nostalgic record of the halcyon years of steam on British Railways and the ex-LNER Class A4.

Wash and Brush Up

Number 73020, a standard Class 5 locomotive, has been in traffic for sixteen days, and goes back to the sheds for cleaning inside and out and a detailed mechanical check-up. A team of men, each with his special job, takes over. Before they are reassembled, the parts are inspected; then steam raising begins again. After vacuum tests by the crew, coal is taken on, water topped up, and less than twenty-seven hours after entering the sheds 73020 is back on duty.

Swift Water

Terry from London, on holiday in Devonshire, is introduced to sailing and bird watching on the River Dart.

Home of Your Own

A documentary on Hemel Hempstead, the most advanced of the new towns.

Mining Review 3rd Year No. 5

Another edition of the industry cinemagazine, featuring three film articles. Pipeline to Pimlico: water heating from Battersea Power Station to local housing, includes scenes of building the new flats and opens with scenes from the film Passport to Pimlico featuring the commentator John Slater. Hot Stuff: champion fire brigade at Brodsworth Colliery. The brigade (who are part-time firemen) is seen at practice. Full Support: Tromit gatehead safety device, Wales, at the New Cross Hands Colliery.

Fair Rent

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.