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DetailsOriginal Format: Super 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 3 mins 16 secs Credits: David Brunskill, Joe Brunskill Genre: Home Movie
Subject: Transport Entertainment/Leisure Celebrations/Ceremonies
Summary The third of four reels of film produced by David and Joe Brunskill recording events taking place in Shildon marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The film records various steam locomotives passing as part of the ‘Cavalcade of Steam’
Description The third of four reels of film produced by David and Joe Brunskill recording events taking place in Shildon marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The film records various steam locomotives passing as part of the ‘Cavalcade of Steam’.
The film opens with the replica of Locomotion No.1 steaming along the track watched by crowds lining the route. Other steam trains large and small, steam past coming from under a road bridge.
In the sky, a helicopter flies overhead as trains pass including the ‘Sir Nigel Gresley' and the ‘Flying Scotsman’.
