The George Bennie Railplane System Of Transport (1929)

Documentary made by Pathe, presumably paid for by George Bennie himself about his marvellous new invention. See paper records for letters to and from George Bennie: “Inventor with a kink“ . Location: Scotland. Main title reads: “The George Bennie Railplane System of Transport - Erected over the LNER lines at Milngavie, near Glasgow.“ Intertitle notes that the Railplane Line is being opened one hundred years after the George Stephenson Line in 1829. CU. of a poster commemorating the opening of the George Bennie Railplane Line. Intertitle describes how safe and rapid the new system of transport will be. The documentary commences with a look at the George Stephenson “Rocket“. Shots of what purports to be Stephenson’s Rocket in operation. LS. of a “modern“ steam locomotive passing underneath the camera. “Fast, certainly; but today the call is for greater and greater speed - with safety. George Bennie has gone to the air for it, but with a rigid craft on a definite line.“ Teesside Bridge and Iron Compa