U-matic S videotapes ‘Boston to Skegness Line’

Made:
1988-08-29

Video footage taken on 29 August 1988 on the railway between Boston and Skegness. Includes various shots of semaphore signals, level crossings, signal boxes. 3 tapes. Tape 1 of 3: Thorpe Culvert and Havenhouse, tape 2 of 3: Havenhouse, Skegness, Little Steeping, tape 3 of 3: Old Leake, Sibsey, Bellwater Junction. Material edited into 'F.N.R.M. Archive Magazine'. Low band, unedited original camera tapes. Colour, sound. Duration: 20 minutes maximum each

This videotape is part of the a collection of video recordings commissioned by the Friends of the National Railway Museum in the 1980s and 1990s and made by John Spencer Gilks and Gavin Mist. The series of footage intended to be part of ‘FNRM Archive’, a video archive of railway operation at the time, with an emphasis on signalling (level crossings, signal boxes, semaphore signals), also capturing traffic and operations on specific lines prior to their closure. In addition, the series includes a complete record of the restauration work on the 'Duchess of Hamilton' 4-6-2 Coronation class, No 6229, between 1986 and 1990.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2023-299
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), polyester and magnetic layer
Measurements:
overall: 200 mm x 130 mm x 30 mm,
type:
videotapes