Railway School (1940)

Railway signal school for the army. Location of events unknown. Various shots of men of the Royal Engineers learning about wheel changing on an engine in the locomotive shed. They also learn signalling in the classroom and with the help of a model railway. Various shots of the men under instruction in the maintenance of a locomotive and also in the blacksmith’s shop. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.