Rail (1967)
- Directed by
- Geoffrey Jones
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short documentary follows trains and railway work in Britain. It shows trains moving through the countryside and workers maintaining the tracks and stations.
energeticrhythmicfast-pacedobservationalvisually busyindustrialkinetic
What happens
Rail is a short 13.5 minute documentary film made by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films between 1963 and 1967, prompted by the success of Snow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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