Terminus (1961 film)
Terminus | |
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Directed by | John Schlesinger |
Produced by | Edgar Anstey |
Music by | Ron Grainer |
Production company | British Transport Films |
Release date | 1961 |
Running time | 33 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Terminus is a 33-minute 1961
Content
The film covers both staff and passengers around the station. The trains are still pulled by steam locomotives.
The most unusual section is the enquiry centre: some two dozen people taking telephone calls with questions about travel.
The boat-train "Pretoria Castle" arrives and passengers are greeted by friends. A group of prisoners, handcuffed in pairs, are placed in a carriage whilst the general public are held back by police. The lost property office is filled with umbrellas. A coffin is placed in the guard van. A large group of Jamaicans board the train to Southampton.
A young boy, Matthew Perry, is traumatised as the police take him to the station master's office where an announcement is made for his mother to collect him.
The station announcer knits between public information announcement over the station tannoy.
A businessman just misses his train and pays a visit to the crowded station buffet for a beer.
Late at night girls drink Kia-Ora and sailors smoke cigarettes. Some travellers sleep on benches. A homeless bag-lady wanders aimlessly, checking rubbish bins for food.
Production
Many of the supposedly
References
- ^ The British Transport Films - A Nation on Film Special, BBC, 2008
- ISBN 9781783089789. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links
- Terminus at IMDb
- Terminus at Screenonline