Original 8mm amateur film, reel 49, railway footage, Wales

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed on 26 August 1964 in Wales. 25 feet reel. Content: locomotive 42282, railway journey between Caernarfon and Afor Wen, including Portmadoc, Barnmouth and Barnmouth Bridge

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.