GEC and GEC Alsthom promotional videos

Made:
1980s-1990s
maker:
British Rail

Video cassettes, plastic casing and boxes, magnetic tape, card insets, collection of 29 promotional videos made or collected by GEC Traction Ltd. and GEC Alsthom. Subjects covered include Eurostar, Docklands Light Railway, ECML electrification, Hong Kong Metro, London Underground, equipment tests, water immersion tests on Networker motors etc. Includes some videos made by British Rail. Videos made 1980s to 1990s. VHS and Betacam SP formats.

Details

Category:
Archive Collections
Object Number:
2016-7042
Materials:
magnetic tape, paper (fibre product) and plastic (unidentified)
type:
videos
credit:
A.S. King

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