Original 8mm amateur film, reel 72, railway footage, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

Original 8mm colour footage, silent, filmed around 1960-1964. 25 feet reel. Footage likely filmed on the Somerset and Dorset Joint railway line and featuring Templecombe, Evercreech Junction and Highbridge.

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.