Forward to First Principles

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 31 min
  • Premiere: 1966. January 2.

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.

Discover

John Rowdon

Commentator (voice)

Crew

Alan Hewison

Cinematography

Terry Gould

Cinematography

Jack West

Cinematography

Directing

John Rowdon

Director

Editing

Production

Edgar Anstey

Producer

Sound

Writing

John Rowdon

Writer

Crew

Alan Hewison

Cinematography

Terry Gould

Cinematography

Jack West

Cinematography

Directing

John Rowdon

Director

Editing

Production

Edgar Anstey

Producer

Sound

Writing

John Rowdon

Writer