8mm Footage 'Sheffield, Glasgow, Blackpool, Isle of Man and Wales'

Made:
1960-1962 in Wales and United Kingdom

Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Sequence of a goods train passing at Garstang on the West Coast Main line; Sheffield, on the last tram week, 2 to 8 October 1960; Blackpool illuminations in 1961; Blackpool to Fleetwood tram and various shots are made of the journey on board the tram; ferry between Fleetwood and Douglas; various views of different railways on the Isle of Man: steam locomotive in Douglas station, various window views on board on moving trains, green tram No.29 of Manx Electric Railway, red trams (No.33, 1 and 2) of Snaefell Mountain Railway, locomotives No.10 G.H. Wood, No.13 Kissack and No.14 Thornhill of the Isle of Man Railway; trams in Glasgow; steam locomotive taken in Carlisle; Heatherfield (or Heathfield) garden railway.; Bangor to Afon-Wen line, passing near Menai Strait; Ffestiniog railway (Festiniog), including a shot of people gathered around locomotive Iarll Meirionnydd (Earl of Merioneth); Talyllyn railway; Barmouth Junction, Snowdon Mountain Railway and an unidentified station; Glasgow’s last tram week in September 1962.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2021-1599/1
Materials:
acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
type:
standard 8mm film reel
credit:
Mavis Dagmar Green