GB
1944
1hr 29mins
Dir: Walter Forde
Starring: Vera Lynn and Donald Stewart
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend
This wartime musical comedy features a curious opening scene where girls on bikes morph into the wheels of an LMS 2-6-0, probably a model! This is then followed by a going away shot of an LMS express hauled by a ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0 and a particularly fine passing shot of a Southern Railway express hauled by ‘Lord Nelson’ Class 4-6-0 No.852 Sir Walter Raleigh. The sequence ends with a final overview of London Waterloo with two locomotives ‘on the blocks’, both of which appear to be Drummond 4-4-0’s. The platform scenes and the train interiors used studio sets, typical of the wartime restrictions prevalent at the time.