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The London and North Eastern Railway Exhibition

1939 , Norwich (Norfolk)

Cat no. 906

A record by local amateur film maker, E.C Le Grice of the railway exhibition held at Norwich Thorpe station on May 6th and 7th 1939.

A variety of steam engines and carriages are seen around the yard at Thorpe Station, as well as dignitaries making speeches at the exhibition's opening. Locomotives include: a Claud Hamilton 4-4-0 used to pull royal trains to Sandringham; a tram engine used on dock lines; the steam locomotive 4489 Dominion of Canada; a Gresley A4 Pacific. Coaching stock includes a camping coach, a GER clerestory coach and a very old four-wheel coach. A steam breakdown crane lifts a wheeless truck filled with sightseers over the exhibition site and a diver from Lowestoft climbs into a tank of water. Other exhibits show a model engine on a short track, a demonstration of cutting rails, and a woman working a pneumatic drill. Finally, the East Anglian express, hauled by the steam locomotive 2859, leaves Norwich station bound for London, Liverpool Street.

Featured Buildings

Norwich Thorpe Station

Featured Events

LNER Exhibition

Keywords

Exhibitions; LNER; Models; Railway engines; Rolling stock; Steam engines

Background Information

The LNER travelling exhibition attracted around 14,000 people to the station at Norwich.

Manifestations

The London and North Eastern Railway Exhibition

  • Barcode
    INV319803
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:30
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734027
  • Barcode
    INV370720
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:30
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734026
  • Barcode
    INV319171
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:30
    Modification Date
    16/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734025
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV384709
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:04:48
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    711055
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV336930
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:05:00
    Modification Date
    08/04/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    705816
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV218547
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1891
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    19/12/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    677590
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV166635
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1275
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    30/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674475
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV180903
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1208
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    29/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674386
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV156920
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1606
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    23/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673736
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV160190
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 485
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    23/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673395
  • Barcode
    INV188835
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-417
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:08:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563463
  • Barcode
    INV??1702
    Canonical Identifier
    B-67
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562600
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV476658
    Canonical Identifier
    A-695
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identification Notes
    Neg / Pos Type (data migration 25/06/2021): camera
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561272
    Sound
    silent

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