Movie Reviews By Reviewer Type. "The Titfield Thunderbolt" reflects Clarke's fascination with the volunteers' preservationist spirit there. The base of the train will be Hornby's Titfield Thunderbolt pack, containing the correctly liveried 1401 and Brakevan. As well as a brief background to the filming, this book includes a … 2) Douglas Slocombe's Home Video Footage. ... all making this a very worthy watch. A revised and enlarged edition of the 1998 book on the making in 1952 of the Ealing film, “The Titfield Thunderbolt”, perhaps the most loved of all feature films with a railway subject, and regularly to be seen on TV. ... Review for The Titfield Thunderbolt - 60th Anniversary Collector's Edition 7 / 10. Clarke ("Tibby") was inspired to write the Titfield Thunderbolt saga after a 1951 visit to the volunteer-operated Talyllyn Railway, which carries passengers along the Cambrian coast between Tywyn and Abergynolwyn, in Wales. Writer T.E.B. This short feature has a number of clips from the film with comments on various aspects from a few of the people still around (the film was made in 1952). The Technicolor is splendid throughout; even the many traveling-matte shots showing characters on the moving trains look splendid — much better than the random images I’ve scavenged from the web. Pleasant enough but I had hoped for more. ... beginning with The Making of The Titfield Thunderbolt, which runs to 9 minutes. The Titfield Thunderbolt - 60th Anniversary Collector's Edition [DVD] [1953] studiocanal. Flag this review. The Titfield Thunderbolt Reviews. “Making the Titfield Thunderbolt” Featurette (09:15 in HD) – Writer Charles Barr, first assistant director David Peers and others discuss Ealing Studios’ work on the project in this fine making-of featurette. Bonus features include Making The Titfield Thunderbolt featurette, Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe Home Movie Footage, The Lion Locomotive featurette, Locations featurette, Douglas Slocombe on Charles Crichton audio interview, The Titfield Thunderbolt original trailer, and a stills gallery. A 1950s comedy film produced by Ealing Studios set on a fictional British branch line between Titfield and Mallingford which has been condemned for closure by British Railways. “The Lion Locomotive” Featurette (05:38 in SD) – Discusses the history of the Lion, now restored at a … Now this is something. 1) Making The Titfield Thunderbolt. Film Movement Classics’ Blu-ray of The Titfield Thunderbolt is bright and sharp and nigh flawless. I have also decided to make the Titfield Thunderbolt train, and the station itself, the blog of making which can be found here on RMweb.