| RAILWAY GRAVEYARD (aka SWINDON) Old steam engines are broken down for scrap and used to make new ones at Swindon. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6365 | |
| Catalog #: | 258542 | |
| Clip Number: | 258542-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/14 | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:36 - 01:40:16 | |
| Location: | Swindon, Wiltshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Rail INDUSTRY: Metal, Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Wiltshire TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Steam Locomotive | |
| Description: | Engines grave yard - Swindon. Swindon, Wiltshire. Various shots of old steam engines being broken down into scrap metal at an engine yard. Several men work with axes to break down one engine - looks like hard and slow work! Piles of parts from the old trains lie around. A large electrically-powered magnet crane lifts a huge steel girder; when the current is switched off the girder falls to the ground. The final shot shows a brand new steam engine, apparently made from the scrap from the old engines. | |
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