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Last years of Victoria to Portsmouth expresses

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Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton collects, preserves, catalogues and provides public access to its collection of films and magic lantern slides. The collection charts the rise of screen culture in the region and the nation and captures many aspects of life, work and creativity in the South East from the late 19th century to the present day. It is available for research, screenings, creative re-use and commercial access.

Last years of Victoria to Portsmouth expresses

There's slam-door action aplenty in this film which chronicles the end of mid-Sussex expresses being routed through Dorking Station

Dorking Station is the setting for this short film which shows several slam-door service trains passing through as they journey along the mid-Sussex route between London Victoria and Portsmouth. Trains arrive and depart at the station and on a platform indicator board we see the names of stations at which the departing train will call. There is also a shot of an Odeon-style signalbox constructed by the Southern Railway in 1938.

Dorking Station is the setting for this short film which shows several slam-door service trains passing through as they journey along the mid-Sussex route between London Victoria and Portsmouth. Trains arrive and depart at the station and on a platform indicator board we see the names of stations at which the departing train will call. There is also a shot of an Odeon-style signalbox constructed by the Southern Railway in 1938.

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