Richard Beeching Trailers
Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails TrailerThe Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes TrailerReshaping British Railways Trailer
Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails TrailerThe Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes TrailerReshaping British Railways Trailer
Total trailers found: 4
02 January 1963
The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research necessary, and the answers that were produced.
01 January 1965
An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes.
01 January 1962
Dr Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, sits at a desk addressing workers. Intended to be shown before a programme of other British Transport films.
02 October 2008
Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road.