Questions:

• What does austerity mean?
• Do you think these locomotives would have been as safe as the heavier trains?
• Why would they be needed during the invasion of Europe?
• How many different types and races of people can you spot in this film?
• What is unusual about the workers you see?
• How are the women workers referred to in this film? What jobs are they doing?
• Do you think the Chinese Engineer felt appreciated by the British people?

Activities:

Technology / Business Studies: Investigate how war drove scientific and technological innovation. Find out about products that we take for granted today were developed during WWII?

History / Technology: Visit the Transport Museum in Glasgow to visit a locomotive like this.

Economic History: Prepare a chronology of the history of railways and their importance to the economy as a means of transport. Why were the railways so important to the war effort?

Technology / Art and Design: Compare austerity design with ethical and eco design today. What are the defining features of each movement, the similarities and differences.

International Education: Research how many people from other countries served in the British armed forces during WWII or supported the war effort like this Chinese engineer.

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