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Old 14-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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Default It started with dear mrs Blyton...
...and continued with mrs Pilchers "Shellseakers", I presume.
It means that I´ve got a sort of fascination in british novels and movies (or do you say pictures...) from the 40´s and 50´s.
I´m looking for just ordinairy films contenting nice countryside enviroments and a bhonus if there are steam-railways like Titfield... f.e.
Maybe can anyone help me, please?
Of course, I will be pleased if they are available on the net...

greetings from runewilhelm, a british friend in Sweden

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These two haven't got any trains but this one has an old car 'Genevieve' 1953 and this one has a traction engine 'The Iron Maiden' 1960 something. Both of these are in colour. If you don't mind short films then the British Transport films are about as good as you'll get. Try the 1950s travelogues, they usually have some trains in them.
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Some great films with lots of countryside are the Powell & Pressburger films A Canterbury Tale (1944) set in the villages around Canterbury and finishing in Canterbury itself, I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) set in the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly on Mull and Gone to Earth (1950) set in the Shropshire hills on the Welsh border. All of them have extensive location shooting


A Canterbury Tale has the leading characters arrive by steam train
I Know Where I'm Going! has the heroine travelling to Scotland by steam train

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How about Conflict of Wings? That has some beautiful scenery, although no trains.
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How about Conflict of Wings? That has some beautiful scenery, although no trains.
But lots of aeroplanes though.
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It started with dear mrs Blyton...
Enid Blyton was variously Mrs Pollock or Mrs Waters. She remained Miss Blyton in print...
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