Railway School (1936)

West Hartlepool, Cleveland. Schoolgirls and boys walk across the platform at Hartlepool railway station. They go into a classroom in a special demonstration railway van. They are learning about modern transport. Shots of girls in classroom. Girls pull signal lever at side of track. MS of signal changing. They climb onto the footplate of a steam locomotive to look around. Shots of schoolboys pulling lever to operate points. Girls smile out from footplate of steam train. A railway man shows the boys the various working parts of the steam train. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Pa