- Title:
- Original 8mm amateur film 'Railway 1967-1969'
- Object name(s):
- 8 mm film; 8 mm film
- Brief description:
- Original 8mm colour silent film. Various footage shot mostly in Southern England in the 1960s by C. K. Dunkley and edited together on 400 feet reel and stored in cardboard case. Oddments reel with various shots of steam and diesel-electric locomotives from lineside. Some shots of station signs including: Bethnal Green, Cardiff General, Saltash. Shot of steamship. Shot of freight train carrying coal. Shot of Class N 2-6-0 31875 waiting at station. Shots of various railway bridges. Shot of sign of Royal Albert Bridge in Saltash: "Brunel Pioneer 1859". Shot of a 'stop look listen' safety sign from passenger perspective. Shot of "Bluebell" boiler plate on A1X 0-6-0T 55 'Stepney'. Shot of railway enthusiasts watching steam locomotives pass by. Shot of a sign "Greyhound Rail Tour, 14th August 1960". Shot of passengers waiting on the platform for a steam locomotive to arrive. Shot of 'way out' sign. Shot of lots of people standing in the grass at lineside watching P-Class 323 'Bluebell' pass.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- 8 mm film
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 3/8
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 10
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 7 7/8
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 200
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 7 7/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 200
- Material:
- cellulose acetate
- Material:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Material:
- cardboard
- Object name:
- 8 mm film; 8 mm film
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967
- Date - latest:
- 1969
- Object production person:
- Dunkley, C.
- Other number:
- 2006-7009/6
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Moving Images
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3b087dbf-cd40-34cd-b6ae-a2c1372e4d2a
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3b087dbf-cd40-34cd-b6ae-a2c1372e4d2a, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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