Sixty years ago, thirty years ago, and this summer the BBC took a video of a train ride through some not too appealing scenery. Then they put them all together in a bit of a mind-bending timelapse video that’s embedded below.

If it showed things that were a little more interesting, it could be a great video to show English Language Learners and then periodically stop it to have them compare the three images. I guess you could still do that, but it would help if what they saw would be a bit more interesting.

Nevertheless, it’s an extremely creative use of video: