Old documentary cine films.

[ianp]

Someone in France has an ebay shop selling old 16mm and 8mm films, including this documentary about French railways: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/274117986083?ul_noapp=true

The postage charges seem extortionate but the films look interesting.

This link displays the railway films: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=boulevard-du-cine&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Film+16%3A+sncf&_sacat=0.

 

Edited December 5, 2019 by ianp

[Pacific231G]

1 hour ago, ianp said:

Someone in France has an ebay shop selling old 16mm and 8mm films, including this documentary about French railways: https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/274117986083?ul_noapp=true

The postage charges seem extortionate but the films look interesting.

This link displays the railway films: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=boulevard-du-cine&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Film+16%3A+sncf&_sacat=0.

 

Hi Ian

I don't know about this one but a lot of these films, made by SNCF's Section Centrale Cinématographique, both for internal consumption and for public information/PR, have appeared on DVDs in a series published by Atlas called La Passion des Trains. Atlas clearly did a deal with SNCF, who obviously own the copyright, to exploit these and each DVD includes three or four  films on a particular theme and they can be quite fascinating.

I'm particularly fond of Le Rouge et le Vert, which, amongst other things, uses a model railway  of the period (Hornby Acho & Jouef with color light signals ) to explain the very basics of signalling. 

La Passion des Trains is fairly widely available on eBay though I can understand (I think) why some might want to have an actual 16mm print. 

Edited December 5, 2019 by Pacific231G