U-matic SP videotape 'Goole Swing Bridge'

Made:
1986-10

U-matic videotape titled ‘Goole Swing Bridge’ produced and supplied by Ryedale Audio Visual Enterprise Ltd, for the Friends of the National Railway Museum, edited in October 1986. The video is made of footage of the bridge filmed in July and August 1984 as well as still images, photographs taken in July 1985. With commentary by John Spencer Gilks. Duration: 27 minutes. Low band, edited master tape

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:
2023-306
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), polyester and magnetic layer
Measurements:
overall: 230 mm x 150 mm x 30 mm,
type:
videotapes