Norman Prouting

Movies

Go as You Please in Britain
Director
Traces the development of the Freightliner services and introduces customers with differing freight problems, who describe the advantages the system has for them over other forms of transport. The story of the Ford Company train which daily links factories at Liverpool and Genk, in Belgium, and examples of the growing influence of the Freightliner system and the company train in the export field. Produced for Freightliners Limited and British Rail Shipping & International Services Division.
Going Places Fast
Director
Aimed at the overseas market (and with one or two references that would not be acceptable as politically correct today) this film extols the virtue of using rail services for travelers visiting Britain.
Golfers in a Scottish Landscape
Director
Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular places visited by the first known lady golfer in history - Mary, Queen of Scots. The commentary of Scot's actor Andrew Crawford links romantic past with sporting present in a film which captures the flavour of the country and its national game.
Railways for Ever!
Writer
A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.
Railways for Ever!
Director
A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.
Rail Report 10: Our Business Is Moving
Writer
Report No. 10 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Hovercraft, Princess Ann; the Advanced Passenger Train; Design Centre exhibition, The next train; plasma torch, Derby Technical Centre; analysis of diesel oils, Glasgow science laboratory; bleep radio communications, Paddington; resignalling, Derby area; intercity coaches; evolved suspension, the Brighton Belle; Southern Region grouptravel; computer, Eastern Region; shipment of molten iron.
Joe Brown at Clapham
Director
A light-hearted history of Britain's railways, seen through old prints, photographs and rare pieces of archive film as well as modern material to tell the story from Stephenson's Rocket to the new expresses. The film was made originally for a national children's competition. Pop-singer Joe Brown, a former railwayman, gives a happy-go-lucky narration as he comperes his group as they play railway songs in the Museum of British Transport at Clapham, where many of the most interesting items of railway history could then still be seen.
A Letter for Wales
Writer
Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.
Every Valley
Writer
A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.
The Other Man
Director
Road safety film warning that we must watch the hazards from the other man or woman on the road.
Youth Club
Director
A short COI documentary about youth clubs and the opportunities they provide.