A Canção da Estrada (1955)

Jim Clemens Collection No.4. A nostalgic look back at the railways of South Shropshire in the early 1960′s. After a visit to GOBOWEN and IFTON colliery in the north, the scenes south and west of SHREWSBURY are covered. A journey from WELSHPOOL to SHREWSBURY, most of it in Shropshire, is taken. Very rare 1932 footage of the SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERY RAILWAY shows LNWR 0-6-0′s, llfracombe Goods engines and petrol railcars between SHREWSBURY ABBEY, KINNERLEY and the CRIGGION branch. A comprehensive journey the whole length of the Severn Valley now follows via BERRINGTON, CRESSAGE, BUILDWAS and IRONBRIDGE. The line to LONGVILLE and MUCH WENLOCK is recalled as is the eastern side of the River Severn at DAWLEY and COALPORT in 1959.

Beginning where Part 1 left off at Stafford, we leave the West Coast main line to visit Stoke-on-Trent and the Churnet Valley to Caldon and Congleton which was visited with a Black 5. North to Stockport for extensive coverage of the area through Edgeley and the engines that visited the shed there. The end of steam at Manchester Piccadilly, retum to Crewe via Sandbach. The last ten minutes are spent at Crewe with not only LMS power in the form of Duchesses, Scots and Jubilees but the early electrics and diesels as well. An area covered in detail not seen before on a video.

A video for electric traction fans. Not entirely, for steam was seen occasionally on the route especially west of Dinting, But this is the story of ·the 1500v dc system across the Pennines from Sheffield to Manchester. Filmed mainly in the 1960’s, you will see the EM1’s and EM2’s as they were in their green livery as much as they were in blue towards the end. Passenger services are there throughout the route. Class 506 units are seen on the Glossop service and there is coverage of the EM2 class in Holland. All told a pretty comprehensive film of this period of electrification on an ex-LNER line. One day it may reopen again although not at 1500v dc!

Jim Clemens Collection No.22. An archive film of mainly steam on the lines of Cornwall including Western and Southern motive power. We follow the Great Western main line from SALTASH to PENZANCE, viewing the major stations en route including LISKEARD, TRURO, PAR, CHACEWATER, GWINEAR ROAD, St. ERTH and PENZANCE. There are visits to the LOOE, HELSTON, FALMOUTH, NEWQUAY and St. IVES branches and a visit to PAR HARBOUR for industrial steam and to NEWLYN harbour with narrow gauge diesels. BODMIN to WADEBRIDGE and PADSTOW on the Southern, including T9s. A 1960s visit to the FOREST RAILROAD at DOBWALLS near Liskeard. A complete journey on the last steam to Penzance, the CORNUBIAN tour of May 1964 with a 28xx and a West Country pacific.

An archive programme of the CREWE to HOLYHEAD route via CHESTER and BANGOR. Filmed from 1960 to 1967 with occasional 1980’s visits from preserved steam locomotives providing a contrast. Motive power is mainly London Midland Region with Western Region at Chester. Branches from the route include BIRKENHEAD via HOOTON, the DYSERTH branch from PRESTATYN, DENBIGH from MOLD and RHYL, BLAEANAU FFESTINIOG and TRAWSFYNDD from LLANDUDNO JUNCTION and the AMLYCH branch. The PORT PENRHYN slate quarries to BETHESDA and DINORWIC system are also seen with narrow gauge locomotives. Locations visited include CREWE, CHESTER, SALTNEY JUNCTION, FLINT, TALACRE, RHYL, ABERGELE, LLANDUDNO, LLANDUDNO JUNCTION, BANGOR, MENAI BRIDGE and HOLYHEAD. Motive power includes Princess Coronations, Royal Scots, Jubilees, Britannias, Black 5s, 8Fs, Standard Classes and early diesels of Class 40 and 47, usually in green livery.

A video covering the last section of the route of the CAMBRIAN COAST EXPRESS from ABERYSTWYTH to PWLLHELI and what could be seen in the area from the 1950s to the 1980s. We cover four narrow gauge railways, the Vale of Rheidol, the Talyllyn, the Welsh Highland (1964) and the Ffestiniog, and two miniature railways, the Fairbourne and Butlins, Pwllheli. We even cover the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway! The coast route would see steam and diesel motive power but this film is mainly steam with Standard Classes 4MT, Class 2MT, Class 3 2-6-2Ts and Class 4 2-6-4Ts, GWR 43xx 2-6-0s and Manor Class 4-6-0s, Ivatt 2MTs and even Class 4. The picture is completed by the reopening of Barmouth Bridge in 1986 and Electric Electric Class 37s.

A video featuring the line between MANCHESTER and CREWE. Particular emphasis is on the two places, one a city and the other a railway town. Filmed in the 1960s, steam traction predominates. MANCHESTER VICTORIA and the nearby MANCHESTER EXCHANGE stations were busy with passenger, freight and parcels traffic. It was at the foot of MILES PLATTING incline where banking often took place. At the summit was NEWTON HEATH shed and a visit is made there. The line from MANCHESTER PICCADILLY was electrified from 1960 but steam power existed here alongside the new AC electric locomotives. At the northern end, STOCKPORT kept steam until 1968 and as well as the station, EDGELEY shed is visited. We then travel southwards through CHEADLE HULME, WILMSLOW, GOSTREY and on to CREWE where a wide range of motive power is seen from 1962 to 1968; Princess Coronations, Jubilees, Royal Scots, Crabs and Jinties along with BR Standards, Stanier Black 5s and Stanier 8Fs.

The Bakerloo Line is one of London Underground's main arteries, connecting four of the capital's main line railway stations with the heart of London's West End. The southern terminus at Elephant and Castle consists of just two platforms, requiring fast turnarounds to provide the 3 minute service interval. Just under half the 14½ mile line is in tube tunnel, The 1972 stock trains (amongst the oldest running on the network) surface at Queen's Park. Roughly one in three continues to Harrow and Wealdstone alongside the West Coast Main Line. As well as seeing the entire route in real time from the driver's cab, we also peek inside the Bakerloo Line's signalling and control centre at Baker Street. The Waterloo and City line is LUL's smallest self-contained operation, running for just over 1½ miles between Waterloo and Bank.

The Southern Region s last steam-worked main lines from Waterloo to Salisbury and Weymouth are recalled on this all-colour programme which features cine film made between 1958 and 1967 by John Laird, Brian Robbins and Geoff Todd. After an extended opening sequence at Waterloo and footage of Nine Elms shed, we follow the former London & South Western main line down to Basingstoke. We head west from Worthing Junction to Salisbury before resuming our journey south through Eastleigh to Southampton. There follows some delightful scenes filmed in the New Forest including steam workings on the branch to Lymington. This brings us to Bournemouth where we see the town s two stations and the splendid yellow trolley buses which used to link them. Before reaching the end of our travels at Weymouth there are some superb scenes of trains labouring up the bank out of the town and coverage of a Channel Islands Boat Train on the famous Weymouth Tramway filmed in 1958.

Island railways have a particular fascination, none more so than those on the Isle of Wight. In this programme, produced from films made by railway enthusiasts who visited the island from the 1950s to the present day, we present aspects of the changing face of the island s railways over the last forty years. We begin with John Laird s 1964 films of the steam railway in all its glory with the coverage of the lines to Ventnor and Cowes. This is contrasted with the scene in the 1950s as portrayed in rare colour films made in 1953 on the soon to be closed lines from Brading to Bembridge, Sandown to Merstone and Newport and from Newport to Freshwater. The final steam sequences filmed by Geoff Todd and Derek Norman show the last years of steam operation on the island and the preparations for electrification. The Isle of Wight s new tube trains are shown at first on trial on the mainland, looking quite incongruous at locations such as Clapham Junction.

This programme offers much rare footage made on the railways of the south east of England between the 1930s and the 1960s. The films begin at London Bridge in 1931 with a Schools class 4-4-0 in original condition. Rare colour footage taken in 1938 at London Bridge and Sutton follows. A LBSCR 4-6-4 tank is then shown working a train between London Bridge and Norwood Junction. After sequences showing steam in action in 1931 at East Croydon, the scene shifts to Folkestone with both main line expresses and boat trains on the Harbour branch, in black and white from the 1930s and colour from the 1950s. Coverage of the Golden Arrow and other SR steam hauled Pullmans is followed by extracts from a 1939 cab ride on the electric Brighton Belle.

This programme begins with a trip up the now preserved Severn Valley line from Kidderminster to Bewdley. Both ex-GWR diesel railcars and steam locomotives are seen before we head across the River Severn to explore the branch to Tenbury Wells and Woofferton. Moving into Wales itself the programme then features the lines centred on Brecon which closed in 1962. Starting from Neath Riverside station, the former Neath & Brecon line is followed up to Brecon. The next section features the former Brecon & Merthyr system including the notorious 7 mile bank beyond Talybont on Usk, one of the most challenging inclines on a British railway. We then follow the line north from Talyllyn Junction near Brecon to Three Cocks Junction and on to Hay on Wye along the former Midland route to Hereford before going up the Cambrian line through mid Wales to Builth Road Low Level where this line passed under the Central Wales Line.

This programme sets out to offer a real feel of what it was like to observe the busy railway network of the Midlands in the last decade of steam operations. Not surprisingly, in an era renowned for its heavy industry, freight workings and the locomotives designed for heavy goods duties, play a prominent role in the proceedings. There is much coverage of the LNWR designed G2 class 0-8-0 tender engines, the last LNWR class to survive in any numbers. These engines are contrasted with their LMS built successors, the 8F 2-8-0s. Other types which feature in the films are Black 5s, Horwich Moguls, Fowler tanks, Jinties, Ivatt 2-6-0s and several of the British Railways Standard designs ranging from Britannia Pacifics to the Class 4 Moguls. These machines, often work stained and unkempt, are seen on a succession of coal and steel trains and long mixed freights, traffic flows which have either been shut down or nowadays go by road. Passenger traffic is not forgotten.

Few projects have stirred the imagination as much as the building of the Channel Tunnel. The sheer scale of the enterprise and the immense effort involved in creating the Tunnel, can only be admired. Aware of the historic significance of the project, Eurotunnel employed camera crews to film every stage of the work as it progressed. It is from this vast and hitherto largely unseen Eurotunnel archive that much of this programme has been made. Beginning with a brief historical survey of previous efforts to construct a fixed link across the Channel, the programme concentrates on the railway aspects of the project. The story of the construction of the Tunnel is interwoven with the vital role that railways played in its execution. The large narrow gauge railway network built to service the construction work is explored as is the building and testing of the locomotives and rolling stock which were to be used on Eurotunnel s Le Shuttle service.

An embittered journalist returns home to Hobart after losing his Melbourne magazine job. With nothing to do except think about his next move, he lands on the idea of writing a book about Tasmanian upper-order batsmen, and in particular the great man himself: David Boon. But soon he’s discovering there’s a lot more to his homeland than he once thought, and that everything he’s been searching for could be closer than he imagined.

"The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway" tells the little-known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. Produced in 1994 by filmmakers Fredrick Armstrong and James P. Harte, the forty-five minute documentary recounts the tale of an American city's bumpy ride through the Twentieth Century, from the perspective of a little engine that could, but didn't. The film has since been rereleased (2005) and now contains the main feature with special portions that were added as part of the rereleased version. These include a look at the only surviving subway car from the lines and a Phantom tun through the tunnels in their abandoned state, among others, for a total of 90 minutes of unique and well preserved historical information.

Bruno, a Peruvian priest, comes to Buenos Aires after his church is set on fire. He meets up with Juan, an old friend he met in jail many years ago. Bruno is hoping to work in a Peruvian restaurant in order to send money back home, but his friend has other plans for him.

A haunting love story from Robert Lund, Zoe's husband.

A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be Countess von Baden, hiding in a secret chamber with her son, whom the court has awarded to her divorced husband.

Melinda é solitária e instável, que está cansada de ser ofuscada por Sheila, sua colega de trabalho mais confiante e extrovertida. Quando o posto de gasolina é mantido sob a mira de uma arma por Billy, um homem desesperado que precisa de dinheiro rápido, Melinda encontra uma oportunidade de fazer uma conexão com o ladrão, independentemente de quem se machuque.

Segundo filme da trilogia sobre a vida de Apu que aqui consegue uma bolsa de estudos e sai de casa, mas a mãe não suporta sua ausência. Leão de Ouro no Festival de Cinema de Veneza.

Apu é um estudante recém-formado e desempregado que sonha em ser escritor. Um amigo de escola o convida para um casamento e ele acaba como o noivo da garota que estaria se casando. Mesmo com repulsa pela idéia, ele aceita e a leva, posteriormente, de volta a Calcutá.

Na viagem de volta para sua cidade natal, Willie McKay se apaixona pela jovem Virginia, sem saber que ela é de uma família inimiga da sua, os Canfield. Como em sua terra a hospitalidade é um valor muito prezado, ele decide se instalar na casa dos Canfield, que se vêem obrigados a tratá-lo da melhor forma.

Uma equipe de cinema chega a uma pequena cidade no norte do Irã, devastada por um tremor de terra, para realizar um filme. Hossein (Hossein Rezai) é contratado para ser o protagonista. Por acaso, a atriz que contracena com ele é Tahere (Tahere Ladanian), uma jovem por quem ele está apaixonado, mas que a família tinha recusado para o casamento. Enquanto ele diz todas as suas falas, Tahere permanece calada. O diretor descobre o amor platônico que Hossein sente por Tahere. Após algumas pressões, Tahereh aceita atuar normalmente e começa a cumprir seu trabalho. Mas não é fácil, ao menos para Farhad - na história que está sendo filmada, eles são recém-casados. Nos intervalos entre os takes, ele tenta de todas as maneiras obter uma resposta de sua amada. Entretanto, ela não parece muito interessada em responder.

Após a Segunda Guerra, 3 militares retornam aos seus lares e tentam se readaptar à sociedade. O maior clássico de guerra dos anos 40, este comovente e ainda atualíssimo filme, com roteiro de Robert Sherwood e a direção de Willian Wyller foi grande sucesso de bilheteria sendo vencedor de 7 Oscars.

Chico trabalha arduamente nos esgotos de Paris. Ele encontra Diane, uma jovem mulher que foge da polícia e lhe pede ajuda para que a esconda. Os dois acabam se apaixonando e vivem um romance até que ele é convocado para a primeira guerra mundial.

Uma mulher desaparece no meio de uma viagem de barco no Mediterrâneo. Durante a busca pela mulher, seu namorado e sua melhor amiga ficam atraídos um pelo outro. Um grupo de ricos italianos saem numa viagem de iate para uma ilha vulcânica deserta no Mediterrâneo. Quando eles estão prestes a deixar a ilha eles se dão conta de que Anna, o personagem principal até este ponto, desapareceu. Sandro, o namorado de Anna, e Claudia, a amiga de Anna, tentam sem sucesso encontrá-la. Enquanto procuravam a amiga desaparecido, Claudia e Sandro desenvolvem uma atração entre eles. Quando voltam à terra continuam a busca sem sucesso. Sandro e Claudia se tornam amantes, e quase esquecem a Anna desaparecida. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) é um caixeiro-viajante oportunista, imoral e alcoólatra que é convertido pela Irmã Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) e passa a viajar em sua companhia pelos Estados Unidos pregando e explorando novos fiéis. Ricos e famosos, eles constroem um templo, mas Gantry é abalado pelo reencontro com um antigo amor.

Duas pessoas solitárias em uma cidade grande se conhecem num parque de diversões. Após passarem um grande dia juntos, se separam. Será que eles nunca se verão novamente?

Um atirador de facas, de grande sucesso num circo por não ter braços e usar os pés nos seus números, esconde um grande segredo.

Na manhã de 26 de maio de 1828, na cidade de Nuremberg, um rapaz foi abandonado com uma pequena carta endereçada ao capitão da cidade. Os habitantes acharam que o rapaz fosse doente ou tivesse alguma deficiência, pois não conseguia andar e sequer se comunicar. A carta dizia seu nome, Kaspar Hauser, e explicava que toda a vida ele havia passado preso em uma torre, nunca aprendendo nada ou vivendo em sociedade. Após ser adotado por uma família e aprender a falar, o rapaz contou que até o dia em que foi abandonado jamais havia visto antes o rosto de uma pessoa. Kaspar tornou-se um fenômeno entre a realeza alemã, principalmente pela aptidão assustadora que tinha para a música, mas era incapaz de diferenciar sonhos e realidade e não conseguia compreender as convenções sociais, como a política e a religião. O filme é baseado em fatos reais. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

O primeiro filme em cores do diretor Jean Renoir - filmado inteiramente em locação na Índia - é um tour de force visual. Baseado no romance de Rumer Godden, o filme eloquentemente contrasta as dores de crescimento de três jovens mulheres com a imutabilidade do rio Bengal em torno do qual suas vidas diárias se desdobram. Enriquecido pela sutil compreensão e apreciação de Renoir pela Índia e seu povo, O filme explora graciosamente as frágeis conexões entre emoções transitórias e criação eterna. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)

Weronika vive na Polónia. Véronique vive em Paris. Não se conhecem e não tem nenhuma relação. No entanto, são idênticas: ambas são esquerdinas, gostam de andar descalças, têm o mesmo brilho no olhar, uma voz sublime, um sentido musical absoluto e, acima de tudo, partilham o mesmo problema cardíaco dificilmente detectável. Sem o saber, uma irá beneficiar das experiências e sabedoria da outra. Como se cada vez que a primeira se magoasse com um qualquer objecto a segunda evitasse tocar no mesmo. Em França, Véronique descobre o amor na figura de um escritor e criador de teatro de marionetas...

Uma garota sofreu um acidente que acabou a deixando sem face, sobrando apenas os olhos intactos. Seu pai, um renomado cirurgião especialista em transplantes, está determinado a fazer qualquer coisa para lhe dar um novo rosto.

Noriko tem 27 anos de idade e ainda vive com o seu velho pai, o senhor Somiya. O pai é um professor viúvo que deseja casar sua filha, que de acordo com a sociedade, está na hora de entrar em um casamento. Só que Noriko quer continuar cuidado do pai e vivendo com ele para que o velho homem não se sinta sozinho. Ele então, vai fingir estar se casando de novo para que a filha não tenha culpa de se casar e ir embora.

Após brigar com o namorado, Vittoria se apaixona por Piero, um sedutor e materialista corretor da Bolsa de Valores. Apesar do real interesse de Vittoria, Piero não deseja um relacionamento sólido, por conta da sua personalidade volúvel.

Cenas de um Casamento é o retrato de dez anos conturbados da vida de um casal. No aniversário de dez anos juntos eles acreditam que tem o relacionamento perfeito, mas as rotinas do dia-a-dia e suas emoções começam a criar complicações.

O filme relata histórias de vidas em um campo do exército americano no Havaí, às vésperas do ataque japonês à Pearl Harbor. Centraliza as ações acompanhando os conflitos de três militares da base. Roteiro baseado num livro de James Jones.

Um homem engana uma família afirmando ser Mohsen Makhmalbaf, um famoso diretor iraniano, e que faria um novo filme em sua casa, estrelado por eles mesmos. Ao desconfiar da fraude, a família chama a polícia e o homem é preso por falsidade ideológica. Sensibilizado com o caso do rapaz, o diretor Abbas Kiarostami o procura e pergunta o que pode fazer por ele, que responde "estou sofrendo muito, faça um filme sobre meu sofrimento". Kiarostami então filma o julgamento do rapaz, e posteriormente reconta a história fazendo de atores os próprios envolvidos no caso.

A jovem órfã Tristana é entregue aos cuidados do experiente Don Lope. O relacionamento da jovem com tutor vai se modificando até que os dois se tornam amantes. Tristana se torna amarga e cruel até que a chegada do jovem Horácio vem abalar o relacionamento dela com Don Lope.