Railway with a Heart of Gold (1965)
1965 · Short film · 14 min · dir. Carson "Kit" Davidson
- Documentary
Synopsis
This film is an account of the Talyllyn Railway, a historic narrow-gauge slate carrier in Tywyn, Wales, and its operation by a preservation society who saved it from being sold for scrap. Although the release date is 1965, it was actually filmed in the early 1950s. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Carson "Kit" Davidson
- Writer
- Carson Davidson
- Released
- 1965-01-01
- Running time
- 14 minutes
Cast & crew
- Carson "Kit" Davidson Director
Rev. W. Awdry- Peter Assinder
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Railway with a Heart of Gold · Esmee Phillips · 2021-10-16
Invaluable as a record of the world's longest surviving preserved railway: the more so for being in colour. Filmed two years after volunteers took the Tallylyn over, an episode chronicled in the classic book 'Railway Adventure' by the industrial historian LTC Rolt, one of the pioneers. The story had already inspired the British comedy movie 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', which may account for this short's emphasis on wacky mishaps-- although the TR was in fact from its earliest days under preservation an exemplar of efficiency.
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