"Standardisation was all-embracing, everything was standardised, from the big boiler to the smallest spare part."

British Rail launches a new steam locomotive, the Britannia - the first Standard Class 7 locomotive - that will be able to run on all lines in the country. BBC Television Newsreel trains its cameras on the new engine as it arrives in Marylebone Station for its naming ceremony at the hands of Transport Minister Mr Barnes, and looks back at the Britannia's construction at Crewe.


Clip taken from BBC Television Newsreel, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Wednesday 31 January, 1951.





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