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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

Filmed in 1960 on the railways in Finland. Footage of static locomotives in railway yard, Finnish railways locomotive No. 1000 on turntable, railway staff cleaning locomotive No. 1004 ash box wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), railwayman checking wheels, two railwaywomen cleaning a locomotive, exterior shot of Helsinki station, shots of platform 3 with sign for 15:05 Express train to Rovaniemi, close-up shots of carriages, passengers boarding, shots of dinning car and kitchen, with female staff, railwayman couple locomotive to carriage, shots of driver and fireman, train departing station led by locomotive No. 1004, shots from inside the driver's cab and lineside shots of train passing, Saaksjarvi station, train stopping at Tampere station, uncoupling steam locomotive 1004, exterior and interior shots of sleeping car (makuuvaunu sovvagn), coupling of diesel locomotive No. 1954 (VR Class Hr11) to carriages, railway porter loading goods on train, train departing station, night shot of train. Railway men and women working on locomotive in yard, maintenance and cleaning, steam locomotives No.750 and 751 (VR Class Hv4), coupling, train departing station, shots from driver's cab, passing through forest, Rovaniemi station, exterior and interior shots of diesel multiple units (DMU) No. 4064 to Kemijärvi, conductor checking ppassengers’tickets on board. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 21 September 1960 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'A Journey from Helsinki to the Arctic Circle' (Finland)

1960