Original 8mm amateur film, reel 25, railway footage Talyllyn Railway and Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1968 in Wales. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Talyllyn Railway 6 Douglas arriving at Tywyn Wharf Station with passenger train, close-up shot of nameplate. Locomotive No.1 Talyllyn taking water, close-up shot of nameplate. Shots from the footplate, locomotive running around at Tywyn Wharf. Shot from window of moving train, locomotive No. 4 Edward Thomas passing with another passenger train. Talyllyn locomotive taking water, running back down the line, shot from the footplate. Shot from footplate of Welshpool and Llanfair Railway's The Earl, running passenger train, standing at a station. Close-up shot of nameplate, train departing Castle Caereinion, shot from the footplate. Train passing along the route with occasional shots of the engine crew at work, stopping to take on water.

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:
2008-8164/25
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm,
type:
8 mm film