Two clips from the delightful 1953 Ealing comedy "The Titfield Thunderbolt" in which English villagers, chagrined that the government railway is about to close their branch line, decide to take it on themselves. But first they must find someone to finance it and who better than a rich fellow who likes to drink and is "very adaptable" to bars that might be a half inch lower but do happen to open at 13 minutes to 9 in the morning!?
That's Stanley Holloway who would go on to win an Oscar playing Eliza Doolittle's father in "My Fair Lady."
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