So pleased this was filmed and shown on RU-vid. Certainly brought back very many memories for me. My mother used to take me to Euston, to travel to the Midlands to visit her family . I was about 7 or so. I have a clear picture of mother being frightened by those big steam engines and we would hover as far away as possibly till the train stopped. But she didn’t mind being in the carriage, which was a delight for me, with all the countryside to look at!
Great film. My dad would have been working at Waterloo then. Tried to spot him in this film but no joy. He worked there for over 40 years as a porter and then doing seat reservations. I remember going to see him at work many times over the years. I remember well the old wooden escalators and the Lost property office. My dad would always bring home nice umbrellas and fountain pens from there. Happy days the 60’s & 70’s
I hate that i missed the good ole days of the red and silver war bonnets, silver light weight passenger coaches, i was born in 1979, i missed it all, the SP, UP, MP, AT&SF EMD, ALCO'S yeah i know there's a few on display here and there, but not like they were in revenue service. I've bought up every one i could find n scale/g scale I've got a lot of old photographs and i ordered # boards and put them on display with the photos behind them, that's okay but, that's not like seeing it in person, great video.
Yeah, I hate to say it but you definitely were born too late. You just caught the tail end of America’s greatness. People today have no clue just how much we have lost.😞
As the chauffeur pulled that posh car away, I almost saw Sir Norman Wisdom, cycling also setting off, going alongside. I miss that chap, sorry for being totally off-topic, because ho's not even in this..Little wonder this film won awards, total result finding it here, thank you so much for posting. I'm watching it on Talking Pictures TV right now thinking about if I want to watch it again, here it is :0) nice to be one of the many that found it in 11 years. British Film Forever.
Alas, the Olympian Hiawatha was discontinued less than ten years later, and in 1980 the Pacific Extension became the only transcontinental route to be abandoned and dismantled. It doesn't look like maintenance of way was too good even in 1952, as the swaying of the passengers shows.
Nostalgic video 62 years on ,Born in 1973 ,Wish I could be transported back to those Golden years before the world wide web and when the world was a simple place to live in ,Just watched this documentary on Talking Pictures on Sky Channel 328 ,Everybody in this looked dapper and Smart to Royal Mail being sent by train ,The little laddie that was lost being reunited with his mum had me in tears and what a lovely thing letting his mum know 😢,Long before Decimalisation also ♥️ love BFI films from those Glory times and years .😢😍 Well done John Schlesinger,Bring back those simple times when my Mum ,My Dad born in the 1950s to my Gran 1923-2017 and my Grandad 1914-1994 were all growing up in 1961 with change when Steam was still the norm ,The fashion was suits and Trilbies back then to the way ladies looked looked like Royalty ,Nowadays the world is a disaster 😢
I went through Waterloo in 1960, aged 10 on a visit from Ireland. Everything looked so exciting to me. I remember the treat of having egg and chips on the train to Petersfield.
That's a calypso. Ron Grainer composed the soundtrack and he probably arranged a traditional song from Jamaica. Remember this was 1961 and reggae didn't exist yet!
@DavidBromage good point! Can't seem to find anything from the lyrics online so I bet it's probably one of the first instances of music from the Caribbean to be shown on British TV.
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I was five years old in1953 and it was the year of my first visit to Waterloo. I had just arrived from Egypt in a troop ship with my family. I was thrilled by the steam engines and the electric multiple units, and this is where my love of railways began! Seven years later we moved much nearer to London and I became a regular visitor to the station. I was very impressed by Pullman cars, and enjoyed watching the Bournemouth Belle slowly gliding out of the station. In later years I became a commuter and watched the end of steam and the introduction of 4 VEP units and a host of others., Including some fast runs in a 4 TC set behind two class 73's ! I suppose the greatest thrill was a trip to Paris in an early Eurostar from Waterloo. Rush hour was very exciting with the forecourt covered with people all moving in different directions and heading towards their destinations. The brolly was an essential piece of kit for the well dressed businessman, and of course the smart briefcase. He had to make sure he had today's copy of the Times, as the advert at the end of the station told everyone that ' Top people read the Times ' ! The 'Drain' was exciting. Such small trains so wonderfully quaint with dim lighting and attractive wooden interiors. Really atmospheric. Now gone for ever, but not forgotten. I count myself very fortunate to have experienced a much gentler way of life. We had less materially after a terrible war, but people really cared and helped each other not expecting something on return. The selfish , 'I want ' society had not yet emerged and that generation had pulled together to keep Herr Hitler out of our green and pleasant land Thanks for the superb film. It brings it all back, just for a little while.
No he's not. This is an incorrect rumor spread by the railfan community. First of all, are you aware that the NYC had severe financial problems when they scrapped those steam engines? They had these problems for the reasons listed in this flim. They scrapped their steam engines because they HAD to. The scrap money helped keep the NYC afloat. That money kept employees paid, and the railroad running. Yeah, he "technically" was responsible for scrapping them, but was it HIS fault that the NYC was in that state? No. Secondly, Perlman was involved in the preservation movement. The story that NYC 2933 was "hidden" so it could be preserved is not true. The New York Central Historical Society claims It was out in the open and used as a stationary boiler. 2933 was only saved because Alfred Perlman offered it to the Museum Of Transportation along with S-motor 113. They originally wanted NYC 999 in the collection, but because the Museum Of Science and Industry had it, *Perlman offered and donated 2933 to the Museum Of Transportation.* He could have easily done nothing and said "Sorry, 999 is already preserved at anothing museum." But he didn't. He donated 2933. In fact, he was so delighted that it was preserved *he attended the ceremony for it's donation.* It is clear and obvious that Perlman is not some person who hated steam engines and wanted them all scrapped. Alfred Perlman was a visionary man. A man who started out as a track laborer, and through hard work and intelligence, made his way to becoming the president of the NYC, after serving on multiple railroads and improving them. As demonstrated by his speech at the end, Perlman knows exactly what is talking about. He is not what you and many other people in the railfan community think he is. Alfred Perlman is an awesome person.
Mainly well turned out people, but by 1961, standards were beginning to slip a bit ... but those passengers who seemed to be coming in from the Caribean were really smart and well dressed.
Me too lol , had to google to see if there was any info on the people who where in it it and was disappointed to find out it was mostly stages with actors, even the prisoners were actors . The lost boy was purposely lost by his actress and friend of the director etc. It was later disqualified from the BAFTA .😥
