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=== This film provides examples of: === |
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* [[Captain Obvious Aesop]]: Don't play games on railway tracks. |
* [[Captain Obvious Aesop]]: Don't play games on railway tracks. |
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* [[Idiot Plot]]: A school sports day on a railway line. |
* [[Idiot Plot]]: A school sports day on a railway line. |
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* [[Railroad Tracks of Doom]] |
* [[Railroad Tracks of Doom]] |
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]] |
* [[Refuge in Audacity]] |
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* [[Scare'Em Straight]] |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Several children look like they're actually throwing themselves onto the track as the train approaches. |
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Several children look like they're actually throwing themselves onto the track as the train approaches. |
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Revision as of 23:57, 9 January 2014
The Finishing Line is a 1977 Public Information Film commissioned by British Transport Films to combat trespass on Britain's Railways. The premise is as follows: A young boy is sitting on a railway bridge remembering a school assembly given by his headmaster telling the pupils that "The railway is not the games field". The film then becomes an Imagine Spot about a sports day held on the line.
You can view GuruLarry's review here.
Tropes used in The Finishing Line include:
- Captain Obvious Aesop: Don't play games on railway tracks.
- Idiot Plot: A school sports day on a railway line.
- Imagine Spot
- Padding: The "Tunnel Walk" scene features every child walking into the tunnel.
- Railroad Tracks of Doom
- Refuge in Audacity
- Scare'Em Straight
- Too Dumb to Live: Several children look like they're actually throwing themselves onto the track as the train approaches.