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Next Stop Death
Series title:They Lived to Tell the TaleHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):227280Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: MAIN CATALOGUEAccession:1984-0164Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Release date:1946-07-18Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationDescription:A documentary dramatization of the true story of two British railroad men, engineer Benjamin Gimbert, and fireman James Knighthall, who drive a train carrying munitions crucial to the British forces on the Continent during World War II. When a fire breaks out on the train, Ben and Jim attempt to save part of their five-hundred ton cargo of explosives by uncoupling the burning cars and driving them to an unpopulated area. They succeed, but an explosion kills Jim, the young fireman, and seriously injures Ben. Benjamin lived to receive the George Cross, he returns to driving munitions trains for the British. <15mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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