Rail (1967 film)

Rail
Rail
	Titlescreen during the film's opening montage of Victorian railway stations.
Directed by	Geoffrey Jones
Produced by	Edgar Anstey
Cinematography	Wolfgang Suschitzky
Music by	Wilfred Josephs; Daphne Oram; Marcus Dods (conductor)
Distributed by	British Transport Films
Release date	1967;
Running time	13.5 minutes
Country	United Kingdom

Rail is a short 13.5 minute documentary film made by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films between 1963 and 1967, prompted by the success of Snow.

Summary

The "pure cinema" film illustrated the transition from steam powered locomotives to diesel and electric traction which was taking place during that period.^[1]^[2]

Production

Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Film in 1968, it took four years to make.^[3] During this time British Railways changed their branding to "British Rail", as well as their livery, which required Jones to modify his plans for the film on his return from filming Trinidad And Tobago in 1964.

References

^ "Rail (1967)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
^ Internet Archive
^ John Russell Taylor (17 August 2005). "Geoffrey Jones, Maker of tiny documentary gems in the 1960s and 70s". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

External links

Rail at IMDb
Rail on YouTube

[BFI-1] "Rail (1967)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

[2] Internet Archive

[guardian-3] John Russell Taylor (17 August 2005). "Geoffrey Jones, Maker of tiny documentary gems in the 1960s and 70s". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

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