The last film in the Ealing season is a comedy from the studios whose name has become synonymous with comedy, and the first to be made in colour. As the Titfield Thunderbolt roams down the line again, the newsreel recalls headlines of the month when she made her first run.
7.50 Gaumont British News
March 1953: Death of Stalin - Earl Marshal 's Press Conference - British Film Academy Awards.
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The Titfield Thunderbolt starring
Stanley Holloway , George Relph Naunton Wayne , John Greg&on The charming village of Titfield is linked to the nearest town, Mallingford, by a single-track railway of more social than economic importance. Unfortunately, a government decision to nationalise the railways closes the line. The outraged Titfield residents, led by the Vicar, a railway enthusiast, are determined that the service shall be restored, but the newly-founded bus company is equally determined that it will remain axed.
A MICHAEL BALCON production Director CHARLES CRICHTON Films; page 10