Giants of Steam
Overview
The epic of the earliest days of Britain's railways and the men who built them. It concentrates on the achievements of George and Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who built the first railway lines in the world in this country. Portraits, paintings, engraving and prints are used together with live shooting to evoke the atmosphere and illustrate the construction of the railways and the locomotives which ran on them.
Top-billed cast
Crew
- Director
- John Read
- Production
- BBC, British Transport Films
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Giants of Steam was directed by John Read.
When was Giants of Steam released?
Giants of Steam was released in 1963.
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