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Eight Kinora Reels and Two Lenses

Eight Kinora Reels and Two Lenses

Mischief Making Moon

Mischief Making Moon

35mm film reel and 16 mm film reels for 'Never Stop Railway'

35mm film reel and 16 mm film reels for 'Never Stop Railway'

1923
Simplex Film Case

Simplex Film Case

1930-1960
Simplex Film Case

Simplex Film Case

1930-1960
Components for Midas Combined Camera/Projector

Components for Midas Combined Camera/Projector

c. 1933
Components for Pathescope ACE 9.5mm projector

Components for Pathescope ACE 9.5mm projector

1936-1960
Seal Island

Seal Island

Film Spool for a Wrench 35mm projector

Film Spool for a Wrench 35mm projector

Film Spool for a Wrench 35mm projector.

Film Spool for a Wrench 35mm projector.

Film Reels

Film Reels

1945-1950
Film Reels

Film Reels

1945-1950
Spools for G.B Equipments Gebescope 16mm Projector Model L516

Spools for G.B Equipments Gebescope 16mm Projector Model L516

c.1938
Film canister entitled: 'Material for BBC/C.Dickens'

Film canister entitled: 'Material for BBC/C.Dickens'

Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

1956
8mm 400 feet film reel, edited film titled ' Bournemouth shed No. 1', made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge. The filmmaker filmed most of the footage when he worked at Bournemouth Motive Power Depot, between December 1965 and July 1967. Colour and silent footage. This is part 1 of 2 of the 'Bournemouth shed' film. Film shows 35012 coming on shed after bringing in down Bournemouth Belle; Running Foreman and turning gang; Coal; Crane; Fireman breaking lumps of coal in tender; 34034; August Bank Holiday 1966; Standing in pit of 34032; Stainer Class 5 in lifting road; 34040/34032; 34057 passed by up Pined Express; Ash wagon; Buffer moving; Loading ashes into wagon; Long pit being cleared; Sand furnace; Filling sandboxes on 34015; Steam Raiser putting up wood for light up; Blow down pit; using pneumatic tube cleaner in the Liftin Road; Spark Arrester (parrot cage); 76 class; fire lighting in Dec 1966; using water treatment briquettes; staff working; shedman’s mess; 34001 derailed; shots of rerailment of loco and tender; preparing turntable and turning 73020; Shunting; 34093 in Lifting Road; 34004 being cleaned; 41320; 35012 coming to shed; Boiler Washouts; Boiler inspection; 34071; Class 5; fire dropping; Lord Dowding; 35012; 34040; footplate;

8mm amateur film 'Bournemouth shed No. 1' by David Hodge

1965-1967
Original Super 8 colour silent film, footage shot by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes in September 1969 of the journey of the Flying Scotsman locomotive to Liverpool, before its departure by sea for the United States, from Liverpool harbour. Footage filmed from carriage window of the train pulled by Flying Scotsman, shots of Pullman carriage with the United Kingdom and the United States flags. 50 feet reel.

8mm amateur film 'Flying Scotsman to Liverpool' by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes

1969
40 reels of TutorFilm, containing teaching programmes for Auto Tutor Mark II, 1960s

Teaching programmes for Auto Tutor Mark II, 1960s

8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed between 1965-1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: Fitter Freddie Fox inspecting 34015 Exmouth; General view of shed; Testing breakdown crane on back road; Fireman Malcolm Collop emptying smokebox ash; 34005 Barnstaple comes on shed tender first then moves forward to the Hump (West Country in background shunting coal train); Behind breakdown coaches coalman Jack McGettigan is shown doing his stuff (when not coaling locos, the coalmen were supposed to shovel ashes out of pit); 34005 backs and goes up to Shed; Taken from down platform, Bournemouth Central. Reel A. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel A

1965-1967
Collection of 42 16mm film reels (originals and copies, 35 titles in total). Railway technical films, illustration of scientific research on the railways. Films made by London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in the 1930-1940s and British Railways in 1950s-1960s.

Collection of British Railways technical films

1930-1970
1 Super 8 film reel commercially issued by Walton Films, titled 'Railway Scrapbook'. Includes footage of Mumbles Railway; Ffestiniog Railway centenary celebrations the Locomotive 'Lion' coming out of retirement, Laurel and Hardy on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway and the Flying Scotsman.

Commercial Super 8 film copy of 'Railway Scrapbook'

Cine film reel; 'The Story of Time' commissioned by Rolex. An accompanying document for the reel gives the following explanation; 'Showing the Universe and how the solar forces were the first to be used to measure time. The sundial etc measuring daytime; Stars, fire and flame by night: Sun shadow fire and water used to obtain a full circle of the year, also sand for minutes. A simple clock was then invented using a verge and foliot made from wood. Metal then came along and the anchor escapemnt was invented. Clockmaking then used artists and engravers and many designs of clocks were produced. John Harrison and his invention of the Chronometer, then on to self-winding, a hammer used to wind a watch, although this did not work very well. A better invention was produced by swinging from side to side.' Made by J. Walter Thompson Co. Ltd.

Cine film 'The Story of Time'

1950-1952
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed between 1965-1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: 34005 taking water; Taken from station; 34005 moving off Shed into station and back to Branksome; View across to Shed end of Coal yard, an 80000 class and Ivatt tank in view; View of whole coal yard from more acute angle than sequence above; Lot of engines in view but nothing particular happening; As above but showing Pacific on turntable. Reel G. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel G

1965-1967
8mm 400 feet film reel, edited film titled ' Bournemouth shed No. 2' made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge. The filmmaker filmed most of the footage when he worked at Bournemouth Motive Power Depot, between December 1965 and July 1967. Colour and silent footage. This is part 2 of 2 of the 'Bournemouth shed' film. Film shows- Trolleybus; Christchurch Road; Engine cleaning; Coal train being shunted; 34005; shovelling ashes; 80000 class; 4498 at bottom of climb from Christchurch to Bournemouth; Fitter working on 34047’s injectors; 35007; 34040 draws belle stock out of station; Fitter removing injector cones; 34047 and 34018 outside shed; Signalman leaving box for token; Brockenhurst; Lamport and Holt; 35026; New Forest, Woodfindley Curve; washout sequence; 76 Class; Coal wagons; Fitter in pit; sumulating engine passing over; engine crew being issued with new electric age uniforms; Embassy-last summer for operation 1966; clearing out smokebox; 35012 come on shed after bringin down the Belle and is being given a quick turnaround before taking Belle up again; Lord Dowding; footplate views on 34102 Lapford.

8mm amateur film 'Bournemouth shed No. 2' by David Hodge

1965-1967
8mm 50 feet film reel, titled ' Ffestiniog and Rainhill', reel 2 of 3. Footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed when he worked for Ffestiniog Railway as part of the permanent way gang from 1967, and includes footage of the Rainhill celebrations, Rocket 150 event on 24 May 1980. According to the filmmaker's notes on Kodak envelope containing the reel, footage includes Ffestiniog railway locomotives 'Prince' on ballast train, 'Linda', circa Sept. 1967. Colour and silent footage.

8mm amateur footage 'Ffestiniog and Rainhill 2' by David Hodge

1967-1980
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, likely filmed between 1965-1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: train, headed by a Pacific, crosses Bourne Valley Viaduct and heads towards Branksome; 80000 class light engine crosses Bourne Valley Road; Train crosses Bourne Valley Viaduct; Taken from South side (Surrey Road); General shed view from station gate; Shed interior; On an up train to Waterloo, in this order: Avon bridge?, Hinton Admiral Bank, Brockenhurst, Southampton Central (Clock Tower), Eastleigh Shed (34013 Okehampton visible), entering a tunnel, Worting Junction, overtaking freight train hauled by 34037 Clovelly, Weybridge (pretty dark from now on), Clapham Junction, Loco Junction, before and after Vauxhall, Waterloo. Reel H. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel may have been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel H

1965-1967
Two 8mm 400 feet film reel, edited film titled ' Bournemouth shed No. 1' and ' Bournemouth shed No. 2', made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge. The filmmaker filmed most of the footage when he worked at Bournemouth Motive Power Depot, between December 1965 and July 1967. Colour and silent footage.

8mm amateur film 'Bournemouth shed' by David Hodge

1965-1967
Original 8mm colour silent film, footage shot by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes between 1960-1970. 400 feet reel. Content includes: view of Edinburgh Inc station from Castle, shots of castle family holiday film, North York Moors Farndale fields of daffocils, Rievaulx Abbey, Flying Scostman and diesels

8mm amateur footage of Flying Scotsman lcoomotive, Edinburgh station and family holiday filmed by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes

1960-1970
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1967 in Poole, Dorset. Filmmaker's description of the content: Friday evening, 7th July 1967, 2 days before steam finished on Southern Region, Class 5 crosses Poole High Street; Gates open; Towngate Street level crossing box, Poole; Gates close; Train passes; Gates open; 34013 Okehampton enters Poole station and departs; High Street crossing box, Poole; Gates close; 35003 Royal Mail approaches and passes; 34095 Brentor crosses Poole High Street (taken from Wimpy Bar); 34004 Yeovil at Branksome; Fireman places lamp; Reverses and disappears back to Shed. Reel K. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel may have been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel K

1967
Super 8 film reel, shot by Alan Derrick Smith in the 1960s-1980s. Written on reel- 'C Trains dawlish' approx 50ft

Super 8 Film Reel 'Trains, Dawlish'

1960-1980
Super 8 film reel, shot by Alan Derrick Smith in the 1960s-1980s. Written on reel - 'Bluebell Railway; Fly Thames [Land Blean] approx 50ft

Super 8 Film Reel 'Bluebell Railway'

1960-1980
Super 8 original camera film, filmed on 26 June 1981. Edited original master. 130 feet of footage on 400 feet reel. Reversal colour filmstock.

Super 8 original camera film 'Unloading Chinese 4-8-4 Locomotive at Gravesend'

Three 8mm 50 feet film reel, titled ' Ffestiniog and Rainhill'. Footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed when he worked for Ffestiniog Railway as part of the permanent way gang from 1967, and includes footage of the Rainhill celebrations, Rocket 150 event on 24 May 1980. According to the filmmaker's notes on Kodak envelope containing the reel, footage includes ship RMS Queen Mary (QM), United States, Journey on locomotive Mary Ann (Ffestiniog Railway). Colour and silent footage.

8mm amateur footage 'Ffestiniog and Rainhill' by David Hodge

Nine reels for Kinora viewer including a balloon crashing into the sea during a thunderstorm (in carton), a harvesting with horse mower (in carton), train through station into tunnel, two balloons ascending, a stage act manipulating a large mat, a girl with two bulldogs, tower bridge bascules opening, a train crane unloading timber and a zookeeper with zebras. Kinora Limited.

9 reels for Kinora viewer

8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed between 1965-1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: possibly Lymington branch, or the Paddle steamer Embassy either at Bournemouth or en route to Swanage. Reel V. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel V

1967-1967
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1966. Filmmaker's description of the content: Train passing under Cleveland Road bridge towards Boscombe; Light engine (Ivatt tank) returning; rest of this film taken on L.C.G.B.'s A4 Commemorative Rail Tour hauled by 60024 Kingfisher, 27th March 1966: Approaching Worting (dark), approaching Fisherton Tunnel (dark), approaching Salisbury station (dark), 60024 at Exeter St. Davids awaiting right away for shed, 60024 under coaling tower, Exmouth Junction MPD, descending Honiton bank (dark), at Salisbury (dark). Reel L. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel may have been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel L

1966
14 reels of TutorFilm, containing teaching programmes for Auto Tutor Mark II, 1960s

Teaching programmes for Auto Tutor Mark II, 1960s

8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: possibly 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley at Bournemouth on the Sunday tour, May/June 1967; RMS Queen Mary outward bound from Southampton (seen from Cowes); Sub in the Solent. Reel U. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel U

1965-1967
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1966, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: November 1966, looking inside shed, 34047 Callington shining; Men at work with crane removing loading gauge alongside Shed; may be preparation for the major relaying of the track at Bournemouth Central the following month; Sequences taken from station platform; A shot through coaches of Drivers Peter Shave and Alec Saunders and fitters Roy Sly and Jim Dorey. Reel P. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel P

1966
10 Super 8 film reels, shot by Alan Derrick Smith in the 1960s-1980s. The films contain mostly footage of railways in the United Kingdom and some family footage.

Original Super 8 amateur films shot by Alan Derrick Smith

1960-1980
8mm 50 feet film reel, titled ' Ffestiniog and Rainhill', reel 3 of 3. Footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed when he worked for Ffestiniog Railway as part of the permanent way gang from 1967, and includes footage of the Rainhill celebrations, Rocket 150 event on 24 May 1980. According to the filmmaker's notes on Kodak envelope containing the reel, footage includes Rainhill, May 24th 1980. Colour and silent footage.

8mm amateur footage 'Ffestiniog and Rainhill 3' by David Hodge

1967-1980
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed between 1965-1967, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: 34040 Crewkerne on the hump, then moves back to Shed in a cloud of steam; Local train; Activity galore on shed; Crewkerne moves off; 34108 Wincanton comes off 5:30am, moves into Shed and is blown down; Then backs to coaling crane; Whole film from station platform. Reel Z. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel Z

1965-1967
8mm 50 feet film reel, footage made by amateur filmmaker, David Hodge, filmed in 1966, when he worked at Bournemouth shed. Filmmaker's description of the content: 26/11/1966, 35007 off shed, boiler washing (same sequence as seens in 'Bournemouth shed No.2'). Reel M. Colour and silent footage. Some of the content of this reel has been cut out and used in 'Bournemouth shed' films by the filmmaker.

8mm amateur footage by David Hodge, reel M

1966
Empty "EMITAPE" reel for Mellotron musical instrument

Empty reel for Mellotron musical instrument

Empty "EMITAPE" reel for Mellotron musical instrument

Empty reel for Mellotron musical instrument

Original 8mm colour silent film, footage shot by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes, whilst accompanying Flying Scostman locomotive during its trip to tour the United States in 1969. Reel 1 of 5, 400 feet reel. Content includes: departure from the United Kingdom and arrival in the United States, Heathrow and view from areoplane on takeoff, view from plane window, views of Boston Docks, Alan Pegler, bagpipe players and other people, Flying Scotsman on ship, unloading Flying Scotsman

8mm amateur film 'The Flying Scotsman in the USA' by Ralph Maxwell Rhodes, reel 1 of 3

1969
Film for Edison home Kinetoscope in original tin, 1910

Film for Edison home Kinetoscope in original tin, 1910

1910
Film reel, associated with Cinemeccanica Victoria 9 35mm cine projector, 1971.

film reel

Film reel, associated with Cinemeccanica Victoria 9 35mm cine projector, 1971.

film reel

Film reel, associated with Cinemeccanica Victoria 9 35mm cine projector, 1971. The reel is marked with red writing that reads 'Fox + Hound night crossing watcher in wood'.

film reel