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The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket
The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket
| 30 November 1979 (USA)
Documentary
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First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain.On the 150th anniversary of the trials, replicas of its famous winner - Stephenson's 'Rocket' - and two of its competitors are rebuilt by modern day designers, and the trials are reconstructed in Hyde Park.

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Skunkyrate

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

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Kailansorac

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Hayleigh Joseph

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

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Marva-nova

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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