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Locomotive Profiles’ ‘The Legend of Barry Scrapyard’ More Locomotive Profiles on an In-Depth Look at the Legend of Dai Woodham’S Yard at Barry Kingfisher Productions THE MARK OF Winter 2020/21 QUALI T Y Kingfisher Winter full catalogue 2020/21 Recent New Titles Order from our website or by post ‘SS Great Britain Comes Home’ www.railwayvideo.com The remarkable story of the audacious rescue of Brunel’s SS Great Britain from the Falkland Islands back to its birthplace at Bristol. ‘Railway Newsreels Part Two’ Produced and screened by the BBC in 1970, this 55 minute film shows the preparation and journey from the South Atlantic on board a Our second selection of famous Pathe Newsreels from the 20th centu- maritime salvage barge. The spectacular scenes of the barge arriving ry. In this edition we include - * Move of Royal Scot to Butlins Skegness at Avonmouth and then the awe-inspiring last few miles up the River * Artist Terence Cuneo at work * Blubell Railway 1961 * Scrapping Avon and under Brunel’s Clifton suspension bridge. The arrival at the steam Swindon * 60007 on Rugby Test Plant * BR Modernisation 1950s very dock the ship was built in is presented by a live broadcast at the * Kent Electrification * Southern at Eastleigh 1920s * Naming of Channel time by Magnus Magnusson. 55 minutes £14.95 Packet 1941 * Porthmadoc 1936 * Engines go to the USA * Blue Pullman * Clapham Transport Musem and many more films. 60 mins £16.95 ‘David Shepherd - The Man Who Loves ‘Ocean Liner Newsreels’ Giants’ Produced and screened on BBC Two in 1971, we release onto Rare and fascinating films of Ocean Liners DVD this fascinating film about the late David Shepherd CBE. The film - Aquitania at Liverpool 1914 * RMS Queen follows his passion for both wildlife in Africa and the purchase of his Mary in various films * New liner Canberra two locomotives, the Green Knight and Black Prince and how his career * Union Castle liner Transvaal Castle * Kaiser began with painting aviation subjects for the RAF. The film is narrated Wilhelm 1910 * Majestic in Floating Dock Southampton * United States by his good friend James Stewart. A donation from every copy sold will Record * Oriana 1959 * Normandie films from launch to fire capsize in go to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. 50 minutes £14.95 New York * Queen Elizabeth grounded off Calshot *L’Atlantique on fire at sea and many more films. 60 minutes £16.95 ‘Let’s Imagine - A Branch Line Railway’ In a special arrangement with the BBC, we release for the first time on ‘railway ROUND-UP’ DVD this delightful film produced and screened in 1963. Sir John Our most popular series during the lockdown period. Betjeman CBE became famous for his defending of Victorian architec- All back issues of Railway Round-Up available - ture and his love for railways in particular. In the year of the Beeching Issues 1 to 13 - some of the front covers are pictured here. Report, the BBC made this film which was written and presented by Sir ‘Railway Round Up No. 14’ This latest edition should be ready before John travelling on the train from Evercreech all the way to Highbridge. Christmas and will include all the news of main line tours operating after the relaxation of It includes scenes at most of the stations along the route and a walk lockdown was announced. We see various charters to the south west and many of the steam around Highbridge Works. A totally unique look at this long-lamented workings over Shap and the S&C. Added to these will be a review of preserved railways be- branch of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. 26 minutes £12.95 ginning their services again from July. A section is devoted to the ‘Staycation Express’ over the Settle-Carlisle route. 120 minutes for just £9.95 ‘Railway Newsreels from British Pathe’ If you missed Part One of the Pathe Collection, here are some contents. A collection of rare archive films from the Pathe News collection dating back to the early 20th century. Starting with a short film of the North Sunderland Railway in 1928, we then present these fascinating films, which include * WOMEN RAILWAY WORKERS - on the LNER 1943 *LNER - Train and signalling operations at Liverpool Street 1946 * ELECTRIC TO BRIGHTON 1933 * BULLEID DOUBLE-DECKER - * TAPLOW - Last year of GWR operations 1947 * GWR STREAMLINER - King Class King Henry VII 1935 * AIS GILL ACCIDENT - Disaster on the Settle-Carlisle line 1913 * AYLESBURY - Last train on the Brill Tramway 1935 *1939 KINGS CROSS - Naming of locomotive Arsenal - 1936 * FARM MOVE - From Derbyshire to Surrey 1943 * LONGMOOR - colour film taken in Full details of the Round Up series on www.railwayvideo.com 1961 * DEVON BELLE - Waterloo and scenes on board Observation Car 1947 * DURHAM OPERATIONS 1960 * TALYLLYN - Colour film 1955 Front cover photo of S&D 7F No. 53808 at Ropley by Brian Kennedy Plus a lot more - 60 minutes £16.95 Kingfisher Winter full catalogue 2020/21 Recent New Titles Order from our website or by post ‘SS Great Britain Comes Home’ www.railwayvideo.com The remarkable story of the audacious rescue of Brunel’s SS Great Britain from the Falkland Islands back to its birthplace at Bristol. ‘Railway Newsreels Part Two’ Produced and screened by the BBC in 1970, this 55 minute film shows the preparation and journey from the South Atlantic on board a Our second selection of famous Pathe Newsreels from the 20th centu- maritime salvage barge. The spectacular scenes of the barge arriving ry. In this edition we include - * Move of Royal Scot to Butlins Skegness at Avonmouth and then the awe-inspiring last few miles up the River * Artist Terence Cuneo at work * Blubell Railway 1961 * Scrapping Avon and under Brunel’s Clifton suspension bridge. The arrival at the steam Swindon * 60007 on Rugby Test Plant * BR Modernisation 1950s very dock the ship was built in is presented by a live broadcast at the * Kent Electrification * Southern at Eastleigh 1920s * Naming of Channel time by Magnus Magnusson. 55 minutes £14.95 Packet 1941 * Porthmadoc 1936 * Engines go to the USA * Blue Pullman * Clapham Transport Musem and many more films. 60 mins £16.95 ‘David Shepherd - The Man Who Loves ‘Ocean Liner Newsreels’ Giants’ Produced and screened on BBC Two in 1971, we release onto Rare and fascinating films of Ocean Liners DVD this fascinating film about the late David Shepherd CBE. The film - Aquitania at Liverpool 1914 * RMS Queen follows his passion for both wildlife in Africa and the purchase of his Mary in various films * New liner Canberra two locomotives, the Green Knight and Black Prince and how his career * Union Castle liner Transvaal Castle * Kaiser began with painting aviation subjects for the RAF. The film is narrated Wilhelm 1910 * Majestic in Floating Dock Southampton * United States by his good friend James Stewart. A donation from every copy sold will Record * Oriana 1959 * Normandie films from launch to fire capsize in go to the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. 50 minutes £14.95 New York * Queen Elizabeth grounded off Calshot * L’Atlantique on fire at sea and many more films. 60 minutes £16.95 ‘Let’s Imagine - A Branch Line Railway’ In a special arrangement with the BBC, we release for the first time on ‘railway ROUND-UP’ DVD this delightful film produced and screened in 1963. Sir John Our most popular series during the lockdown period. Betjeman CBE became famous for his defending of Victorian architec- All back issues of Railway Round-Up available - ture and his love for railways in particular. In the year of the Beeching Issues 1 to 13 - some of the front covers are pictured here. Report, the BBC made this film which was written and presented by Sir ‘Railway Round Up No. 14’ This latest edition should be ready before John travelling on the train from Evercreech all the way to Highbridge. Christmas and will include all the news of main line tours operating after the relaxation of It includes scenes at most of the stations along the route and a walk lockdown was announced. We see various charters to the south west and many of the steam around Highbridge Works. A totally unique look at this long-lamented workings over Shap and the S&C. Added to these will be a review of preserved railways be- branch of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. 26 minutes £12.95 ginning their services again from July. A section is devoted to the ‘Staycation Express’ over the Settle-Carlisle route. 120 minutes for just £9.95 ‘Railway Newsreels from British Pathe’ If you missed Part One of the Pathe Collection, here are some contents. A collection of rare archive films from the Pathe News collection dating back to the early 20th century. Starting with a short film of the North Sunderland Railway in 1928, we then present these fascinating films, which include * WOMEN RAILWAY WORKERS - on the LNER 1943 *LNER - Train and signalling operations at Liverpool Street 1946 * ELECTRIC TO BRIGHTON 1933 * BULLEID DOUBLE-DECKER - * TAPLOW - Last year of GWR operations 1947 * GWR STREAMLINER - King Class King Henry VII 1935 * AIS GILL ACCIDENT - Disaster on the Settle-Carlisle line 1913 * AYLESBURY - Last train on the Brill Tramway 1935 *1939 KINGS CROSS - Naming of locomotive Arsenal - 1936 * FARM MOVE - From Derbyshire to Surrey 1943 * LONGMOOR - colour film taken in Full details of the Round Up series on www.railwayvideo.com 1961 * DEVON BELLE - Waterloo and scenes on board Observation Car 1947 * DURHAM OPERATIONS 1960 * TALYLLYN - Colour film 1955 Front cover photo of S&D 7F No. 53808 at Ropley by Brian Kennedy Plus a lot more - 60 minutes £16.95 KINGFISHER NEW AUTUMN 2020 RELE A SES Recent Cab ride Titles Additions to the new series of Cab Rides released ‘Norwich to Great yarmouth and Return’ This Cab Ride was filmed aboard an Anglia Railways 150 ‘Dollands Moor to Stewarts Lane’ This Cab Ride was filmed from Sprinter unit in 2001.
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