Ref: SV170D
Price:£14.99
Guildford - an Engineman's View features the unique collection of 8mm cine film shot by Guildford driver Lew Wooldridge between 1963 and 1966. Lew's films are special as they were mostly taken while he was at work or from viewpoints not generally accessible to the public. Often filmed in poor light and never with a tripod, they nevertheless give us a rare insight into the people and their lives at the steam locomotive depot - over 80 staff members are identified in this film. Lew also took his camera on some of the Guildford workings to such diverse locations as Woking, Weybridge, Walton, Feltham, Nine Elms, Aldershot, Reading and even as far as Salisbury and Redbridge. Nothing physically remains today of the Guildford steam depot which closed in July 1967 but its memory lives on in these rare films.
Railway sounds have been added to the silent 8mm cine film on this DVD.
Contents SummaryIntroduction and Guildford scenes - 23 minutes
Rail staff around Guildford depot - 21 minutes
Visits to other locations - 38 minutes
Total running time for main feature - 82 minutes
Bonus scenesBluebell Railway visit in 1964 - 3 minutes
4472 at Woking, and railtour with A4 Pacific 60024 'Kingfisher' from Waterloo to Weymouth and Yeovil - 13 minutes
Previews of other SVS Film and 30939archives DVDs - 18 minutes
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Availability: AVAILABLE
Filmed by/when: Driver Lew Woolridge
Classification: Exempt
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R
Origination: 8mm cine
, Colour, B &W
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