Original 8mm amateur film, reel 11, railway footage, Stanier 2-6-4T and Black 5 locomotives

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968, likely in Carnforth, Lancashire, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Stanier 2-6-4T passing along a railway embankment with passenger train followed by a Black 5 with goods train.

This film is part of a collection of 150 8mm films made by John Arnott-Brown, railway enthusiast and amateur filmmaker. John Arnott-Brown filmed the railways in the United Kingdom, mostly steam, between 1960 and 1982. A few films include footage of railways abroad, especially Europe (e.g. Portugal, Spain). The collection includes 5 larger 400 feet reels of edited footage, whilst the rest of the collection is made of small 50 feet reels of unedited footage.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2008-8164/11
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm,
type:
8 mm film