Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways and Trips'

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

These reels of original amateur film 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.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2017-7124/6
Materials:
acetate, plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown) and cardboard
type:
16 mm film
credit:
Mr Glyn Thomas