PREPARATION OF TRAINS FOR USE
The dining and sleeping cars for the Mid-day Scot service from Glasgow to London are prepared at Polmadie Shed. (clip)
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Title: PREPARATION OF TRAINS FOR USE
Reference number: 5403
Date: 1963c
Production company: [ Templar Film Studios]
Sound: mute
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 2.36 mins
Description: Steam trains are prepared for use. Film of the Mid-Day Scot receiving supplies, workers cleaning the exterior and preparing the restaurant car and sleeping carriages before departure.
Shotlist: gvs steam trains in railway sidings (0.59) men wash down outside of train; c/u British Railways roundel [lion rampant with wheel and crown] (1.20) ints restaurant car, where man sets table; c/u menu "The Hungry Traveller" (1.41) cleaners take blankets and other supplies on board (1.52) shot of train leaving depot; sign "The Mid Day Scot" (2.36)