Original 8mm amateur film, reel 22, railway footage, North of England

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed circa 1970. 25 feet reel. Footage content: B1 passing light engine into a station. Q7 63460 following and reversing. Train departing, filmed from a carriage window. V3 67646 passing with passenger train followed by A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. Kendal Station sign. Fowler 2-6-4T arriving and departing. K1 61304 departing Darlington Station with passenger train. A3 60071 arriving at Newcastle Station with a passenger train from the North. V2 60813 following. A3 departing southbound. 0-8-0 goods locomotivepulling coal 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:
2008-8164/22
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm,
type:
8 mm film