Original 8mm amateur film, reel 21, railway footage, South African Railways on Mossel Bay Branch

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed likely in 1981 on Mossel Bay Branch railway, South Africa. 25 feet reel. Footage content: SAR class 24 passing along a branch line next to the coast with passenger train. Another class 24 passing with passenger train before returning in the opposite direction. Mossel Bay Station sign. Class 24 3668 shunting in the station. Panoramic shot of the station, 3668 taking on water. Close-up shot of 3668's number plate. Class 24 with passenger train passing over a viaduct on the coast and another stationary at a 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.