Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 63 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
RAILROAD OF DREAMS | 1935 | 1935-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 16 mins 40 secs Credits: Mr. Beardsell Subject: ARTS / CULTURE RAILWAYS TRANSPORT |
Summary This is a whimsical film from the Noel Beardsell Collection, creating an imagined land by interspersing a model railway with the real thing. |
Description
This is a whimsical film from the Noel Beardsell Collection, creating an imagined land by interspersing a model railway with the real thing.
Intertitle – Child or grown up – girl or boy – we treat the railway as our toy, every time we see a train we each become a child again. We love the station's stir and noise, we're living in a world of toys.
The Flying Scotsman pulls into a station, with passengers and newspaper sellers waiting for its arrival.
Intertitle – We're in the...
This is a whimsical film from the Noel Beardsell Collection, creating an imagined land by interspersing a model railway with the real thing.
Intertitle – Child or grown up – girl or boy – we treat the railway as our toy, every time we see a train we each become a child again. We love the station's stir and noise, we're living in a world of toys.
The Flying Scotsman pulls into a station, with passengers and newspaper sellers waiting for its arrival.
Intertitle – We're in the train with joy, we grin to see the big express come in
Another train, engine 2509, pulls out of a platform.
Intertitle – The whistle blows, we're off at last, oh the engine–driver, please go fast
A train pulls out of a station, and some of the journey is filmed from the train, passing locomotive 6101.
Intertitle – See, there's the radio station where they tell of toy–town on the air
The train passes Alexandra Palace in London.
Intertitle – Where on earth can toy town be? Can we find it? – wait and see.
The train continues, passing fields.
Intertitle – We read the signals like a book – and hardly need a second look.
The train passes under semaphore signals, and arrives in a station.
Intertitle – The green flag waves, the guard says "right", the platform slides away from sight
The train pulls out, continues on its journey, and passes by a signal box.
Intertitle – Now the engine's going slow, Is this toy town? Oh dear.
The train, the "Stirlingshire", arrives at a station. Another train (264) pulls out.
Intertitle – This station doesn't seem to look like pictures from a story book.
A train (loco 4447) pulls out of a station. (Colour very faded)
Intertitle – There's a big place! Could it be toy town's "model factory"?
The train passes a large factory.
Intertitle – Hurry engine!! Please go faster; Good–bye Mr Station–master.
The film continues on the train and shows another train in the distance.
Intertitle – That looks like a Toy Express; We're on the wrong track, I guess.
The other train, running on a parallel line, overtakes the train passing the cameraman’s vantage point.
Intertitle – Here's a largish town – but is it too large to be worth a visit?
The train arrives at a station in a town, with large gas cylinders.
Intertitle – Now at last our dream comes true; "All change here for Maryloo"
A miniature train arrives at a station, and there is a model railway yard.
Intertitle – On we go – the line is clear. Fairyland is drawing near.
The model train goes towards Bekonscot.
Intertitle – Now at last we’re on the spot; toy–towns name is “Bekonscot".
There is a song for the model village.
Intertitle – You think this is some big house . .
A model house is shown.
Intertitle – . . if you are as tiny as a mouse.
More of the model village is shown.
Intertitle – But if you are the proper size . . you're bound to get a big surprise
A small girl, clutching a teddy bear, walks around the model village.
Intertitle – See the huntsmen gallop by hounds and horses in full cry.
There is a model of a horse and coach.
Intertitle – Here's the church, and here's the steeple . .
There is a model church.
Intertitle – . . shorter than the shortest people.
A man stands behind the model church.
Intertitle – Just like Alice we stand on the edge of "Wonderland".
A group of people walk around the village.
Intertitle – If you're fond of lollipops buy them in the High St shops!
There are model shops.
Intertitle – What a playground we have here for the architect and engineer.
More of the village.
Intertitle – Pinch yourself for goodness sake! See if you are quite awake.
There is still more of the village, including the docks and airfield.
Intertitle – Throughout the tunnel home we fly. Good–bye, Bekonscot, goodbye. Bang, we are back to proper size, how our mighty engine flies!
A train passes underneath and again the journey is filmed before arriving, with the Flying Scotsman, in a station.
Intertitle – Home we go and think it's fine to travel on the dreamland line.
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