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Model of a gaff-rigged Gibraltar water carrying boat

1909

3d stamp

1967
800 feet metal reel, colour, silent footage. Reel starts with aerial shots of Sydney, Australia (view of Sydney Opera House - start of construction 1959, completed in 1973) ; black frames ; sunrise or sunset/night shots ; window view on board of train ; airport with Austrian Airlines planes ; shots taken through plane window showing sun, clouds and montains ; various views of Syndney shot from street level, Syndey bridge, including shots from parc behind Opera House showing cranes (Opera in construction), street/road view ; in parc ; shots through plane window, landing and taking off (leaving Sydney?) Part 2 (after white leader): shots taken in Gibraltar, streets, views of the sea, house/architecture ; street, man with snakes (snake charmer?) ; shots taken from boat, filming Gilbraltar from sea ; Part 3 (film cut, no splice): Gilbraltar, view from sea/boat ; Cliff on Gibraltar, monkeys, group of people looking at a monkey Part 4 (film cut, no splice): shot taken through plane window, Gilbratar landing? ; BEA (British European Airways) plane at airport, group of people gathering ; shots of a hotel ; group of pople (tourist) visit Gibraltar (streets) ; Part 5 (film cut, no splice): railway, filmed from lineside, locomotive 1665 passing, hauling carriages, with people travelling inside opened freight wagons ?; shots taken on board train, window view plus view at back of the train of single line tracks

Original 16mm amateur film 'Australia, BEA Gibraltar, Railway Cynheidre'

circa 1960-circa 1970
Original 16mm amateur colour silent films, made by Glyn Thomas between 1962 and 1986. The railway footage were taken during journeys with ‘Ian Allan Rail Tours’ and last steam train trips on lines due to be closed as a consequence of the Beeching cuts, especially in England and Wales (Vales of Neath Railway; Cynheidre) – not all the locations were identified. Other films were shot abroad: a cruise on a P&O steamship, departing from Southampton for Rio de Janeiro with scenes shot at the ports of calls Salvador, Dakar, Senegal; footage taken in South England and France (including a railway station); aerial shots taken through planes’ windows, and footage of Sydney (Australia) and Gibraltar.

Original 16mm amateur films of railways, travel abroad and steamship

1962-1986