Railway Signal School Aka Railways (1958)

Waterloo station and Clapham Junction, London. L/S of railway tracks from the point of view of the train leaving Waterloo station, the train moves forward on its journey, there are other trains passing in the opposite direction. M/S of the driver in the cab steering the train. The train passes a signal. L/S of the tracks shot from the front of the train, C/U of driver’s profile, the train passes under another set of signals. C/U of the driver’s hands on the controls. M/S of the tracks from train point of view, the camera moves up to a signal box which says ’Clapham Junction’, the train passes it. C/U of driver’s profile, the train passes under another set of signals. M/S of the interior of the Southern Regions Signals School with three men looking at all the model frame and block signals, one of the men reaches behind him to do something off screen. C/U of him reaching over and then turning back and pulling a lever down. C/U of an electric signalling panel with hands in the shot, operating i