Original 8mm amateur film, reel 29, railway footage, A4 Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive at Carlisle station and industrial railway operations at British Gypsum Limited Cocklake

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1968-1980, in Carlisle and Chocklakes, Cumbria, England. 25 feet reel. Footage content: A4 locomotive No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley standing at Carlisle Station. Shots of engine and footplate. Exterior shot of Carlisle station building. Small steam industrial shunter at the British Gypsum Limited Cocklake Works, steam engine moving around the sidings. Shot of the work's board by the entrance to the site. Engine moving around a short stretch of track before standing in a siding. Close-up shot of the builders plate, one of the crew members loading coal onto the engine. Engine moved away, diesel shunter moving some wagons.

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:
2008-8164/29
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm,
type:
8 mm film