Release Date: 1963-01-01
Overview: Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are counterpointed with passengers' buffet-car comforts.
Rating: 6.2 / 10
Geoffrey Jones - Director
Daphne Oram - Music
Ernest Xerris - Camera Operator
Geoffrey Jones - Editor
Wolfgang Suschitzky - Director of Photography
This is quite an enjoyable watch depicting some seriously wintry conditions and just how the snow is cleared from the railway lines - manually with shovels, or more forcefully by engines with snowplou...