Never Stop Railway (1925)

M/S of a group of non-caucasian men and women boarding the “Never Stop Railway.“ (This is almost definitely at the Wembley Exhibition in 1925 - the Never Stop Railway was a step-on, step-off method of moving around the Exhibition. The carriages look very much like American cable car carriages and they are powered by a kind of moving screw device which keeps them constantly moving at a slow pace.) A variety of national dress is seen - men in fez hats and women in long draped skirts. There are some black soldiers in military dress. A group of white people then board the train - the men in suits and the women in cloche hats and long day dresses. There is a small boy in the group who is dressed in military uniform (5 or 6 years old.) M/S of the foreign ladies and gentlemen standing in the carriages of the Never Stop Railway as it passes the camera. They stare out at the camera without smiling. Another shot of the Brits boarding the train - one man is dressed in top hat and tails. Moving shot from th
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