Forward to First Principles

Synopsis

There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the geography, history, economy, and the life of a nation, but already there existed primitive railways for moving coal and other minerals from the pits and quarries to navigable water and roads. This film scans the present and the past to show those economic principles governing the early railways have been rediscovered as a basis for modern freight trains.

Main Cast

John Rowdon

Commentator (voice)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Rowdon
Crew	Cinematography	Alan Hewison Terry Gould Jack West
Writing	Writer	John Rowdon
Production	Producer	Edgar Anstey
Editing	Editor	Richard Q. McNaughton
Sound	Music	William Mathias
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