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Robbie, Short Movie, 1979

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1971 Citroën GS

1974 Daimler Sovereign

1973 Ford Cortina MkIII

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dsl ◊ 2017-07-29 15:58	13-minute film warning about the dangers of kids playing on railway tracks, taken from BFi/British Transport Films Volume 7: The Age of the Train 2-DVD set. Can be seen here. Still a serious message and doesn't pull its punches, but friendlier tone than the gore-fest of The Finishing Line and reassuringly fronted by Peter Purves to reduce audience traumas. But the 1970s jumpers might still cause nightmares .... Reject 1 bike British Rail again using every flimsy opportunity to plug the APT prototype (front) (back)
the sad biker ◊ 2017-07-29 16:13	Reject bike is a Yamaha RD 250 or 400, "D" model.
dsl ◊ 2017-07-29 17:33	This is the last film on this DVD set with anything relevant for us. The final two films are excerpts from an internal BR staff film where Jimmy Saville "interviews" Peter Parker about BR's future .... and there are subtle plugs yet again for the APT.
mike962 ◊ 2017-07-29 17:36	another case when a future project was f**ed over by politcal stuff , like the TSR 2 plane ?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-07-29 19:08	mike962 wrote another case when a future project was f**ed over by politcal stuff , like the TSR 2 plane ? This is a reasonably accurate statement of events, as I recall them from the time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train -- Last edit: 2017-07-29 19:11:21

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