Amongst the appeal of vintage films like this for me, are: the background music (not rock or pop influenced), the quality of the film - which simplifies shadows, light and colour, the voice-over, the nostalgia element (I was 4), and more than anything, the visible actuality of recent history - rather than how it’s currently being re-written….
but the rail network was cut back because more people were using the roads, you cant have it both ways, nowadays nothing is built because the planning delays cost billions then it isnt built because no one can agree to the route