Railway Exhibition (1957)

Battersea, London. L/S of a three-tiered signpost in white, red and green saying ’Modern Railway Travel’. L/S of two locomotives stationary on a track, a few people are standing around looking at them. M/S of a red and black engine, a man climbs out of the cabin followed by a little boy, some more people walk past looking at the engine. M/S of another train, the camera moves across to a blue engine which the narrator tells us is a “3300 horsepower diesel electric prototype, most powerful yet built in this country“. It is part of an exhibition about the modernisation and re-equipment plan for the railways. L/S of the engine, people are walking round it and a boy climbs up into the cabin. M/S of a man helping him up, the camera moves down to show a little girl also climbing up, she is helped into the cabin. C/U of a man looking at the engine, C/U of the engine’s name -’Deltic’. C/U of a lamp bracket on the engine. L/S of the front of the engine. M/S of two men walking up to a black and red