16mm Film 'Great Britain’s Great Expresses No.1, The Flying Scotsman'

16mm film reel of the newsreel film titled 'Great Britain’s Great Expresses No.1, The Flying Scotsman', produced by Fox Photos in 1933. The film is black and white, silent with intertitles (title cards), 16 fps, 405 feet, 17 minutes. The film shows footage of the Flying Scotsman service, starting with scenes of Kings Cross station and the cleaning shed, where the locomotives No 2577 and No 4475 are being prepared for the Flying Scotsman service. Flying Scotsman headboard is fitted. Workers are cleaning, polishing and oiling the engines. The engines leave the shed. Shot of Kings Cross station clock tower. Engine and carriage coupling. Passengers on stations platform and concourse. Passengers arriving at station by taxis. 10 am departure of Flying Scotsman service from platform 10. Vairous shots of train departing the station, including close-up shots of locomotive No. 4475 and wheels. Train entering tunnel. Fireman shovelling coal into the firebox. Shots of driver, fireman and locomotive as journey progresses. Signals. External shots of train filmed from the lineside as train passes at full speed. Shots on board: passengers and staff in cocktail bar carriage. Shots of driver and fireman, engine cab, track ahead. Signaller in signal box operating mechanical signal levers. Shots on board: restaurant carriage, staff preparing for service, guard checking watch; all-electric kitchen on board, kitchen staff and equipment, lunch service, passengers dining in restaurant car; train passing through Grantham station, filmed from lineside; passengers, family in restaurant car; shot of tracks, entering and exiting tunnel filmed from last carriage; shots of train at speed; passenger smoking and reading newspaper on board; train passing York, York filmed from moving train, view of York Minster; barber’s on board; shot of engine crew; shot of locomotive picking up water from tracks to refill water tank, water trough along rails; train passing Durham, film from moving train, view of Durham cathedral and houses; sky and landscape filmed from train; Newcastle, filmed from moving train; tracks filmed from back of train; on board bar, bartender making cocktail, passengers dining in restaurant car, trolley service by staff. Train passing over Royal Border Bridge, over the river Tweed, filmed from moving train, Scottish landscapes and coast filmed from moving train. Shot of firebox and engine; going through tunnel. Passenger reading a book and smoking. Shot of guard. Sky and landscape filmed from moving train. Arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, shots of Edinburgh castle. Waverley East Box. Train slowing down and arriving at terminus at 5:45 pm. Shots of Edinburgh trams, roads, views of the castle, Scott Monument, roads with trams, bicycles and cars.

An informational film produced by Fox Photos in 1933. This film details the journey the Flying Scotsman service took and the amenities on board. This type of newsreels were short films created to be informative and entertaining. They were purchased by people to view at home, as 16mm or 9.5mm films.