Digital film 'It’s Quicker by Hearse'

Digital film 'It’s Quicker by Hearse', made by Esther Johnson, 2013. This film is the tale of the petitioning housewife, the protesting schoolboy and the campaign trail student. It is a documentary about the campaign to save the Waverley Route Borders railway line in 1968, following the recommendations of Dr Richard Beeching’s report, the Reshaping of British Railways. Features interviews with Madge Elliot, Kim Elliot and Bruce McCartney. Master edit QuickTime digital file and Blu Ray High Definition disc. Colour, stereo sound, 16:9 aspect ratio. Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds

This artist film was commissioned by the National Railway Museum and Science Museum Group to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Beeching report 'The Reshaping of British Railways'. The artwork, as described by the artist, Esther Johnson, is ‘a cinematic and poetic audio-visual collage’, it is meant to connect with the strong emotions that the Beeching report, and the cutting of rural railway links, generated among many people.