Original 8mm amateur film, reel 17, railway footage, South African Railways on Mossel Bay Branch

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed in 1981 on railways along Mossel Bay, South Africa. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Panoramic shot of Mossel Bay. South African Railways class 24 3668 locomotive passing with passenger train. Shot of woman and child playing in the sea at Mossel Bay. Another class 24 locomotive passing with goods train. Large boat out in the bay. Class 24 3684 reversing onto a train, departing, shot from the footplate. Train travelling on single track line, arriving at Hartenbos. Member of engine crew performing maintenance, shovelling coal, journey continuing past Voorbaal. Engine crew working, train arriving at another station.

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.