Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways Spain 1965, Locarno 1964, St Malo, Calais 1966'
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot between 1964 and 1966 on railways in France and Spain, by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Film is mainly shot from lineside and from platforms, and documents steam and diesel-electric locomotives in Europe, primarily passenger trains, some freight. Reel begins with shot of a passing freight locomotive. Shot of rail staff checking tracks before departure of a steam locomotive. Wide shot of steam locomotive passing from across the water. Shot of station sign: Bignasco. Shot of people standing on a railway bridge waiting below. Shot of station sign: Sta Maria Maggiore. Passenger view footage passing through grassy landscapes. Shot of a woman boarding the train from the platform then looking through the window towards the camera. Shot of station sign: Bellinzona. Shot of passengers waiting on a platform.
Details
- Category:
- Moving Images
- Object Number:
- 2006-7009/11
- Materials:
- cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
- Measurements:
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overall: 200 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm,
- type:
- 8 mm film