A Brief Encounter

Trains

1936 one act play "still life"

created in 1945

filming took place at Carnforth

dubbed as "Milford Junction"

express train shots were filmed at Watford Junction

David Lean

5 scenes

Noël Coward

lived in London

Leighton park school

Charles Dickens's to screen

Great Expectations (1946)

Oliver Twist (1948)

he was also influenced by Charles dickens

born In Croydon, London

was knighted in 1970

voted one of the 10 greatest films ever made in two separate 1952 critics' polls

1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany

Men came home then baby boomers genoration after this

its no surprise a romantic film would do so well in this time

shot in black and white

coloured film invented in 1902

untilises light and dark to create a romantic setting