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100 Years Of British Transport
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The 100 Years Series The technology which has alIowed the moving image to be captured is now more than 100 years old. To mark this centenary, Demand DVD in association with Ian AIlan Publishing bring a series of programmes which expIore the evoIution of different aspects of pubIic transport in Britain over the last 100 years. The four programmes, compiIed mainly from archive materiaI, some of which dates back to the earIy 1900 s, are now being made avaiIabIe on DVD for the first time. 100 Years of British Ships With its earIiest footage dating back to 1901, this programme features a range of craft from warships to fishing boats, pIeasure steamers and tugs. Port and resorts all around the coast are featured from MaIIaig to Weymouth and from Holyhead to Dover. Among famous vessels incIuded are HMS Ark Royal, the Mauretania and many others. 100 Years of British Buses Buses, Coaches & TrolIeybuses are recorded over many decades at work in urban and ruraI settings throughout Britain. Operators range from smaII private coach companies to the great provincial and municipaI concerns. 100 Years of British Trains This programme features great names and great trains such as the GoIden Arrow and the Brighton BeIIe and covers a period from the heyday of steam to Iines chopped by Dr Beeching s axe. IndustriaI railway working practices and visits to the great cathedrals of the steam age, the Ioco sheds, are aIl covered in a comprehensive Iook at 100 Tears of Trains on Britain. 100 Years of British Trams This programme recaptures the era when the tram dominated the city street. Starting with horse trams and the smoke and grim of steam trams. Through to the rise and decline of the electric tramcar. The programme features dozens of systems the length and breadth of the country from Aberdeen to Bournemouth. |
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