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  • Short Summary

    A look at a half-sized steam engine.

  • Description

    New Romney, Kent.

    Title: "WORLD'S SMALLEST RAILWAY. Type of miniature engine which will run on the 'Lilliput' Railway along Kent Coast".

    M/S of a gang of men pushing a small steam engine along a tiny track coming out of a shed - the train is about the shoulder height of the men. Panning shot of the steam engine, the men walk up and down examining the train, one man sits in the driver's cabin. M/S of the train outside the shed, a man climbs into the driver's cabin.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    448.15
    Media URN:
    25486
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    25/01/1926
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:55:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:27:14:00 / 01:28:09:00
    Canister:
    G 1262

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    The railway featured here is the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR;).

    The railway is still going strong today. Here's a link to their website......

    www.rhdr.org.uk/

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