Original 8mm amateur film, reel 34, railway footage, South-West of England
- PART OF:
- Arnott-Brown Collection
- Made:
- 1960-1963 in United Kingdom
Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1963, in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, United Kingdom. 25 feet reel. Footage content: Westbury then Yetminster, view from a locomotive's window; locomotive 63808, hauling a special train fitted with headboard; locomotive 6930 filmed from lineside; Evercreech junction, filmed from outside at station; Westbury Halt, filmed through window on board of a moving train; 75023 passing; Bath Junction signal box, filmed through the window on board of a moving train; Deltic at unknown terminus 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.
Details
- Category:
- Moving Images
- Object Number:
- 2008-8164/34
- Materials:
- cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
- Measurements:
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overall: 120 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm,
- type:
- 8 mm film