Original 8mm amateur film 'Summer 1960, Exeter Central Centenary Etc.'
Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in 1960 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of station signs throughout film: Exeter Central, Exeter, Exmouth, Hayling Island, Torrington, Bideford, Barnstaple Junction, Axminster, Lyme Regis, Churston. Shot of MN 4-6-2 SR Bulleid Merchant Navy 35020 at platform. Shots from both lineside and railway bridges of passing steam locomotives. At Exeter Central, shot of BR Class M7 30670 arriving at platform. At Exeter, shot of a woman walking on the platform as a steam locomotive departs. Throughout the film, there is passenger window footage of landscapes. Lineside and railway bridge shots of various steam locomotives passing, mostly passenger trains, some freight. Shot of BR Class A1X 0-6-0T 32640 approaching station, then a shot of it pulling into the platform. Shot of a group of passengers waiting on the platform. Shot of Victorian railway reenactment event (likely Exeter Central Station centenary celebrations), staff on platform dressed in red ceremonial uniforms, passengers on platform dressed in Victorian period clothing. Shot of passenger train departing with passengers in Victorian clothing inside. Shot of passengers in Victorian clothing departing train. Shot of BR 2-4-0WT 30587 departing from station. Shot of BR Class MN 4-6-2 Bulleid Merchant Navy 35003 waiting at platform, people on platform waiting to watch it depart. Passenger window footage passing by LSWR 30747 N15 class SR King Arthur class "Elaine". Shot of "Weymouth" plate on passenger carriage. Shot of GWR 1367, shot of bell on 1367. Shot of TSS St Julien steamship, with passengers aboard. Shot of level crossing being opened, followed by cars and bikes immediately rushing through. Shot of railway tracks and "stop look listen" warning sign. Shot of railway staff communicating and checking wheels on a locomotive.
Details
- Category:
- Moving Images
- Object Number:
- 2006-7009/12
- 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