Original 16mm amateur films of railways, travel abroad and steamship

Made:
1962-1986 in United Kingdom, France, Sydney, Gibraltar, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Dakar

Original 16mm amateur colour silent films, made by Glyn Thomas between 1962 and 1986. The railway footage were taken during journeys with ‘Ian Allan Rail Tours’ and last steam train trips on lines due to be closed as a consequence of the Beeching cuts, especially in England and Wales (Vales of Neath Railway; Cynheidre) – not all the locations were identified. Other films were shot abroad: a cruise on a P&O steamship, departing from Southampton for Rio de Janeiro with scenes shot at the ports of calls Salvador, Dakar, Senegal; footage taken in South England and France (including a railway station); aerial shots taken through planes’ windows, and footage of Sydney (Australia) and Gibraltar.

These reels of original amateur filmed footage were shot by William Herbert Glyn Thomas who was a Travel Agent, born in 1916, who passed away in May 1992. The films relate mainly to two topics: railways and travel abroad and were taken between mid-1960s and early 1970s, though not all railway footage, they document travel in all its forms and demonsrate the link between railways and leisure travel.

800 feet metal canister, Colour, Silent footage. First shots taken at a railway station, shots from platform, locomotive approaching, fiited with 'SLS Special' plate ; 4079 Pendennis Castle (GWR) ; also locomotives 4555 and 3690 filmed ; shots taken on board moving steam train, passing by a signal box, on bridge, trainspotters seen on the lineside and on pantographs ;passing H--field station (?) , Talyllyn station (?)

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways'

1965-1966
800 feet plastic canister, colour, silent footage. Reel starts with shots taken in Southampton, filmed from slightly high view points, different angle, city, roofs, church, factory Montague L. Meyer Ltd Timber ; a coast filmed from a boat/ship, 2 women and a man on a ship, shots of coasts with mountains in background ; shot in harbour ship 'Hanseatic'sailing ; group of people/tourist on little boats ; shot in hotel/building court (spinish style and spanish sign plus one in english: wine tasting) shots in city, streets, palm trees ;

Original 16mm amateur film 'Ships'

1968
800 feet metal reel, colour, silent footage. Reel starts with aerial shots of Sydney, Australia (view of Sydney Opera House - start of construction 1959, completed in 1973) ; black frames ; sunrise or sunset/night shots ; window view on board of train ; airport with Austrian Airlines planes ; shots taken through plane window showing sun, clouds and montains ; various views of Syndney shot from street level, Syndey bridge, including shots from parc behind Opera House showing cranes (Opera in construction), street/road view ; in parc ; shots through plane window, landing and taking off (leaving Sydney?)

Original 16mm amateur film 'Australia, BEA Gibraltar, Railway Cynheidre'

circa 1960-circa 1970
800 feet plastic canister, colour, silent footage. Shots in port/harbour/docks (Southampton or Liverpool? - Liverpool boats Alexandra', 'Wallasey'), lock entrance to docks ; ferries ; sunset filmed om board of a boat ; group of men and women on board a ferry/cruise ship, filming coast (Ireland? Isle of Man? Other?) , shot of a Thoresen Car ferry (Thoresen Car Ferries 1964-1968 - Southampton-Cherbourg) on sea

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways and ships'

circa 1960-circa 1970
400 feet cardboard case, colour, silent footage. Window views filmed on board of moving train ; shots of tunnel, bridges (passing on top, filming below), landscape ; locomotive 6660 passing ; Trelewis Halt station ; shots taken from roof of locomotive, on single line viaduct, filming down toward the town under viaduct ; locomotive 4157 stationnary in station ; 6000 (King George V) passing filmed from lineside, other people watching ; 6000 passing through landscape

Original 16mm amateur film 'Vale of Neath'

1986-11-04
16mm colour, silent film. 100 feet plastic reel. First shots taken outside a cocktail bar (sign on door - Victorian building/house), people and a red car driving away, 'Newcastle-Cardiff' written on the dust of the car ; few feet of dark/black ; shot of a baby (blurry/fizzy footage) ; shot of locomotoive 7029, with Ian Allan Rail Tour plate fitted on front of locomotive and 'X20' at station, then shot from on board moving train, filmed through window, landscape

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways and Trips'

circa 1960
16mm 100 feet plastic reel with approximately 20 feet of silent colour film. Possibly cuts/outs, end of reels/faded cuts. Child on a street 'Goss Drive' ; Two person in a field with a dog ; shot taken on top of a steam locomotive

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways'

circa 1960-circa 1970
16mm film on 100 feet plastic reel, approximatley 50 feet of colour silent film. Night shots of steam locomotives ; several feet of black/dark frames and leader

Original 16mm amateur film 'Dark Railways'

circa 1960
16mm film in cardboard case, approximatley 10 feet of silent colour film. Handwritten on label: Vale of Neath Railway ? Shot showing a steam train passing on a viaduct, village in the background on the other end of the viaduct

Original 16mm amateur film 'Vale of Neath Railway Viaduct'

circa 1960
Different bits of films, some upside down. Window view on board moving train ; lineside shot of locomotive 45647 passing near station ; window shots on board moving train, passing through tunnels, near a power station close to rails (Ironbridge Power station?), Severn Valley Railway? Cut, film not spliced - View of Southampton in background, locomotive Honeton 34034, pulling green livery carriages and restaurant/buffet cars, Southampton Central Station ; railway on the coast, filmed from bridge (?), 45190 passing with carriages in maroon livery ; 73035 passing in station (station on bay, coastal railway) ; (splice) magenta faded film, different shots locomotives (2287, 9464..) ; shots taken on board moving train, filming locomotive 7804 passing with plate 'Pembroke Coast Express' ; window shots taken on board moving train (landscapes, houses, cows in fields, viaduct), passing a Deltic, water in the gutter between rails (filmed from front of train), passing Severn Tunnel Junction tunnel, black frames, exiting a tunnel ; large shot of a freight train pushed by steam locomotive

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways- Southampton and Pembroke'

circa 1960
16mm film approximately 20 feet of silent colour film. Handwritten on label: Fuzzy film. Different bits of films, Orchestra outdoor. White/clear film with no image printed

Original 16mm amateur film 'Fuzzy Film'

circa 1960
16mm film, approximately 20 feet of colour silent film. Different bits of films; Blurred unidentified image (people? Trip?); Shots of English village, on sides of a road, pubs, hotel, shops

Original 16mm amateur film 'Blurred Film'

circa 1960

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2017-7124
Materials:
acetate, plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown) and cardboard
type:
16 mm film
credit:
Mr Glyn Thomas

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