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The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket (1979)
Documentary · 49m
First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain.On the 150th anniversary of the trials, replicas of its famous winner - Stephenson's 'Rocket' - and two of its competitors are rebuilt by modern day designers, and the trials are reconstructed in Hyde Park.
Cast
Crew
- Writer
- Anthony Burton
- Editor
- Margarette Bendall
- Producer
- Martin L. Bell
Details
- Release date
- 1979-11-30
- Runtime
- 49m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC