World War One narrow gauge railway. Archive Film 91260

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Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2014 · Autos & Vehicles

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World War One.  Film made by John Huntley showing the restoration of the Somme railay in the late 1980's with extensive use of black and white archive film of the Great War.
Old trucks are reclaimed and restored by volunteers. A tourist train passes the camera. Flashback to the 1st WW footage of goods and soldiers being transported, Soldiers on the Picardy railway. Trains were often shot at. King George V visits the front in an open sided railway carriage. Men receive decorations from the King. One man receives the Victoria Cross. Modern day workers doing an assortment of jobs. Families help with the restoration work.

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