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Title:

Locomotion [videorecording (DVD)] : the amazing world of trains / a BBC-TV production in association with Arts & Entertainment Network.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S. by New Video,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Locomotives--History.
Railroads--History.
Railroad trains
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.

Other Authors:

Perkins, Jack, 1933-
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Arts and Entertainment Network.
History Channel (Television network)
New Video Group.

Other Titles:

Engines of enterprise.
Taming the iron monster.
War machine.
Magic machines and mobile people.

Notes:

Narrator: Jack Perkins. Videodisc release of the 1993 television program. Includes interactive menus and scene selection.

Contents:

v. 1. Engines of enterprise ; Taming the iron monster -- v. 2. The war machine ; Magic machines and mobile people.

Summary:

This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian England to high-tech Japan.

Series:

Collector's choice

ISBN:

9780767038843
0767038843

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)