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Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in East Midlands, Wales and Southern England in 1962 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. It includes footage of the Gloucestershire railway prior to closure of the line. This reel compiles shots of both freight and passenger steam locomotives from lineside, with some shots from railway bridges. Station signs captured on film include: Bournemouth West, Oxford, Whitland, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Neyland, Carmarthen, Swansea (High St), Newport, Cranleigh, Rowfant, Raynes Park, Okehampton, Sheffield Park, Horsted Keynes, Poole, Bourton-on-the-water. Shot of boiler plate on passenger carriage of LMSR No. 70 4-4-0 "The Pines Express". Shot of passenger steam locomotive 'V86' from lineside. Shots of lots of passenger steam locomotives arriving at Oxford station. Variety of medium and wide tracking shots of passenger and freight steam locomotives, shot at lineside. Shot of passenger steam locomotive 'V05' (GWR King Class 4-6-0 No 6024 "King Edward I") from lineside. Shot of passenger locomotive 'V18' from lineside. Brief section of shots of steam ships. passenger view footage of approaching and passing over a railway bridge. Shot of a sign - "British Railways Modernisation - Plymouth North Road Station Reconstruction". Shot of children opening wooden gates at a level crossing so that their family can drive a car through. Shot of a boy running at lineside as a steam locomotive approaches. Brief shot of railway staff pulling levers. Shot of sign - "St Blazey R.U. Not in common use". Shot of boiler plate "Nielson & Co 3209 Glasglow 1883". Shot of headboard on steam locomotive - "Cheltenham Kingham 4109".

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1962, End of Glos'

1962

Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in Southern England, in 1964? by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of station signs including: Epsom, Three Bridges, Tonbridge Wells West, Pevensey & Westham, Epsom Downs, Ventnor, Cowes, Newport, Clapham Junction, Tilehurst, Exeter Central, Wadebridge West, Basingstoke. Wide shot of approaching steam locomotive, followed by passenger footage. Shot of "stop, look, listen" sign out of window. Shot of sign at station: "The Sussex Downsman Rail Tour". Shot of steam locomotive SR N Class 2-6-0 31411, followed by passenger footage, then shot of same locomotive stopped at station. Zoom in to cab of 31411. Lineside shot of train crew carrying out some sort of maintenance to wheels on SR Q1 class 33027. Shot of the filmmaker’s friends on train platform, looking towards camera and smiling. At Tonbridge Wells West, shot of West Country Class 4-6-2 34026 'Yes Tor' at platform. Passenger footage. Shot of passengers on tracks around 'Yes Tor'. Shot from railway bridge of departing steam locomotive. Shot of SR N Class 2-6-0 31411 at platform as passengers depart. Passenger view footage, with shot zooming in on people watching trains from a railway bridge. Shot of BR Standard Class 7MT 70018 'Flying Dutchman' with passenger train, then shot of people at lineside watching 'Flying Dutchman' pass. Lineside shot of LSWR 0-4-4T Class M7 30053. Shot of SR 4-6-2 Battle of Britain Class 34064 'Fighter Command'. Shot of BR Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 34005 'Barnstaple' approaching platform.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways (up to Okehampton)'

1964

Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Tramway Extravaganza shot in Crich Tramway village in August 1970; LMS No.6441 is filmed at Steamtown Carnforth; Blackpool tram; St Etienne tramway in France in August 1971; Ravenglass and Eskdale railway; locomotive- River Mite; locomotive- Fred (Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway); steamer- Ben My Chree in Liverpool sailing to Douglas, Isle of Man. Another vessel (Irini) is filmed, pulled by two tugboats; Manchester canal, taken on-board a boat, with a shot of a swing bridge (either Barton road or Trafford road swing bridge); Ffestiniog railway (likely Porthmadog station); shot with a locomotive too far away to identify, supposed to be Evening Star at Keighley in April 1974 according the filmmaker’s notes; footage of Black Five Class No.45212 at Haworth and Bagnall Class No.2682 Princess locomotive on Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; locomotive- River Irt; Two men are filmed manually operating the turntable with River Mite; double-decker trams in Pleasure Beach, Blackpool; train on the electric lines entering the Ryde tunnel on the Isle of Wight; Blanes station (Spain) and a white and green electric RENFE train arriving at the station; Arenys DelMar station and the building and platform of Tordera station; diesel electric train going to Mallaig (Scotland) is filmed arriving at Arisaig station; Glenfinnan viaduct; yellow and green signal box of Glenfinnan; Keighley and Worth Valley Railway; locomotive 8431 (or 48431); trams and trailers by the seaside in Dubrovnik and Cavtat in Croatia; view of Oakworth station and a black London Transport locomotive passing; a level crossing managed manually by two persons; L89, emerging out of the Mytholmes tunnel; Heatherfield Light Railway in 1981.

8mm Footage 'Great Britain, France, Spain and Croatia and of the Heatherfield Light Railway'

1970-1981

Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. 150th anniversary of the Rainhill trials on 25th May 1980; spectators’ area; locomotives exhibited during the cavalcade. Midland Railway 4-2-2 No.673; LNWR Saddle tank; LNWR No.790 Hardwick with two coaches; NBR No.673 B Maude with coach; Midland Railway No.1000 with dinning carriage; LMS 0-6-0 No.4027 with coach; LMS Black Five No.5000 followed by a replica of Novelty hauled on a Well wagon; National Coal Board (Bold Colliery) Austerity No.7 Robert; LMS Ivatt Class 4 No.43106 with coach; LMS Jubilee Class No.5690 Leander with coach and buffet car; LNER V2 Class No.4771 Green Arrow with coach and buffet car; LNER A3 No. 4772 Flying Scotsman; LNER A4 Pacific No.4498 Sir Nigel Gresley; SR Merchant Navy Class 35028 Clan Line fitted with Golden Arrow headboard and coaches; LMS Princess Coronation Class No.46229 Duchess of Hamilton with coaches; BR Standard Class 4 tank 2-6-4T No.80079; BR Standard Class 9F No.92220 Evening Star; diesel-hydraulic British Rail Class 52 D1062 Western Courier; a yellow track machine; diesel Class 25/3 No.25296 hauling a 10 Ton car transporter and further diesel hauling freight; diesel-electric Class 47 No.47581 Great Eastern; Deltic No.55015 (D9015) Tulyar hauling two electrics, Class 86/2 No.86214 Sans Pareil and Class 76 EM1 No.26020; HST train (High Speed Train); an Intercity APT train (Advanced Passenger Train); working replica of Rocket with coach; working replica of Sans Pareil with coach; Lion with a yellow first class carriage of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway; LMS Princess Coronation Class No.46229 Duchess of Hamilton followed by the Novelty replica on a Well wagon; S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 No.13809 (now 53809) with coaches; Midland Railway No.1000 with coach; LNWR 0-6-2 coal tank No.1054 with coaches; LNWR No.790 Hardwick; Midland Railway 4-2-2 No.673. Heaton Park Tramway; tram No.765; Crich tramway village; Blackpool double-decker trams; Glasgow double-decker tram, No. 1797; Amsterdam Trams; Switzerland, Italy and France; metre-gauge railway managed by the Swiss FART (Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi), Locarno to Domodossola line. Oberalp BVZ trains (Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn) around Brig and Furka in Switzerland; SMC funicular between Sierre and Crans-Montana.; Martigny–Orsières railway; Sembrancher Junction station; Gornergrat railway to Zermatt, near the summit of the Gornergrat; Zurich; Ffestiniog railway; Far North line; International Garden Festival in Liverpool, with its miniature steam railway; Great Central Railway at Rothley; locomotives: Robert Nelson No.4 and GCR Class 11F No. 506 Butler Henderson.

8mm Footage 'Rainhill 150, trams and trains in England, Scotland, Wales, Amsterdam, France, Italy and Switzerland'

1980-1985

Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in 1960 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Shots of station signs throughout film: Exeter Central, Exeter, Exmouth, Hayling Island, Torrington, Bideford, Barnstaple Junction, Axminster, Lyme Regis, Churston. Shot of MN 4-6-2 SR Bulleid Merchant Navy 35020 at platform. Shots from both lineside and railway bridges of passing steam locomotives. At Exeter Central, shot of BR Class M7 30670 arriving at platform. At Exeter, shot of a woman walking on the platform as a steam locomotive departs. Throughout the film, there is passenger window footage of landscapes. Lineside and railway bridge shots of various steam locomotives passing, mostly passenger trains, some freight. Shot of BR Class A1X 0-6-0T 32640 approaching station, then a shot of it pulling into the platform. Shot of a group of passengers waiting on the platform. Shot of Victorian railway reenactment event (likely Exeter Central Station centenary celebrations), staff on platform dressed in red ceremonial uniforms, passengers on platform dressed in Victorian period clothing. Shot of passenger train departing with passengers in Victorian clothing inside. Shot of passengers in Victorian clothing departing train. Shot of BR 2-4-0WT 30587 departing from station. Shot of BR Class MN 4-6-2 Bulleid Merchant Navy 35003 waiting at platform, people on platform waiting to watch it depart. Passenger window footage passing by LSWR 30747 N15 class SR King Arthur class "Elaine". Shot of "Weymouth" plate on passenger carriage. Shot of GWR 1367, shot of bell on 1367. Shot of TSS St Julien steamship, with passengers aboard. Shot of level crossing being opened, followed by cars and bikes immediately rushing through. Shot of railway tracks and "stop look listen" warning sign. Shot of railway staff communicating and checking wheels on a locomotive.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Summer 1960, Exeter Central Centenary Etc.'

1960

Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot in 1963 and 1965 by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. This film consists of passenger view and lineside footage of passenger and freight steam locomotives departing, arriving, and passing by stations. Footage includes shots of following station signs: Woodford Halse, Worcester Shrub Hill, Bromsgrove, Woking, Baynards, Christs Hospital, Pulborough, Littlehampton, Preston Park, Guildford. Reel begins with passenger view footage of freight wagons. Shot of a sign "The Thames Avon and Severn Rail Tour", then a shot of another sign "Waterloo-Woodford-Bromsgrove-Paddington". Shot of 6368 2-6-0 4300 Class BR Steam locomotive departing. Shot of headboard "LCGB The Thames, Avon & Severn Rail Tour" on a steam locomotive with "X46" plates on front. Shot of SECR P Class No. 27 "Primrose" at platform. Shot of GWR Class 3400 9017 "Earl of Berkeley" at platform. Shot from passenger perspective of a passing steam locomotive - 73118. Shot of 32-510 Bachmann BR Standard Class 5MT "King Leodegrance". Shot of passengers boarding SR Q class 0-6-0 Maunsell 30530. Shot of passengers on the platform walking towards the camera. Shot passing by SR Class MN 4-6-2 35007 from passenger perspective. Shot of BR Standard 4 No. 75029 “The Green Knight”. Shot of filmmaker looking into the camera. Shot of passing SR Merchant Navy Class 35027. Shot of LNER Class A3 4472 "Flying Scotsman". Reel ends with footage of steamships.

Original 8mm amateur film 'Railways 1963 continued, Midhurst 1965, Churchill 1965, Woodborough hall, Worting Junction, I.O.W 1965'

1963-1965