Lost Locos (1936)

Item title reads - Lost Locos! Swindon, Wiltshire. L/S of old steam engines in Breaker’s Yard. M/S of men using torches with very hot flames to cut through the steel. Various shots as the engines are dismantled and carried away, the wheels are broken up. M/S of a weight being lifted up then dropped onto another part. L/S as they cut through the steel with the torch, part of the tender falls away. A hydraulic chisel breaks up boiler tubes, the cab roof is lifted off. L/S of a man sifting through a big pile of what is left. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), an