Trains At Night 1970-1979

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Description

Trains at night. Location of events unknown.

Shots of train passing camera set to some very dramatic sounding music. Tracking shots from inside train.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
90970
Sort Number:
UN 4538 B
Time in/Out:
01:11:47:00 / 01:12:51:00
Canister:
UN 4538 B
Film ID:
3273.03
Issue Date:
1970 - 1979

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  • This clip's current date is certainly wrong, though in all fairness I don't know exactly what it should read.

    What is certain is that there's a glimpse at the end of the clip of locomotive number D233, built circa 1958. This loco changed it's number to 40033 in 1973. Therefore the footage could feasibly originate from any point between 1958-73. It doesn't look like 1970's-style film to me, though, so perhaps 1960-69 might be a sensible date range?

    jamied 18th Aug 2012

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