Original 16mm amateur film 'Vale of Neath Railway Viaduct'
- Made:
- c1960
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
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.
Details
- Category:
- Moving Images
- Object Number:
- 2017-7124/9
- Materials:
- acetate, cardboard, metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
- type:
- 16 mm film
- taxonomy:
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- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image making equipment
- photographic material
- film
- credit:
- Mr Glyn Thomas