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Brightlingsea Railway

1953 , Brightlingsea (Essex)

Cat no. 199

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The Brightlingsea Thunderbolt leaves the station on the day of re-opening following the 1953 floods.

The film shows the Brightlingsea Thunderbolt, engine No. 46468, stationary on the track. The crew are aboard and there are schoolchildren inspecting the engine. There is a close-up shot of the crew. A party of schoolchildren are shown arriving at the station along with other local groups. There are some close-up shots of people and a shot of the car park. The train departs with people waving from the windows. The film ends with the British Rail staff posing for the camera.

Featured Buildings

Brightlingsea Station.

Other Places

Brightlingsea Station.

Background Information

Despite the author's title, this train left Brightlingsea Station on the first day it re-opened after the floods of 1953 had necessitated expensive repairs. The first train to leave the station was the 6.40 am commuter train to Wivenhoe. This train left at 1.20 pm. It contained 120 primary school children who had a free ride to Colchester. The idea of The Brightlingsea Thunderbolt came from the film The Titfield Thunderbolt. The last train to leave Brightlingsea did so on June 14th, 1964.The railway at Brightlingsea was closed temporarily from 31st January, 1953 when the line was damaged during the North Sea Surge that caused flooding along the East Coast.Mr. Sellens owned cinemas in Brightlingsea, Sibel Hedingham and Colchester.

Manifestations

Brightlingsea Railway

  • Barcode
    INV393301
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:42
    Modification Date
    22/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    727564
  • Barcode
    INV388537
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:42
    Modification Date
    20/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    726514
  • Barcode
    INV389246
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:42
    Modification Date
    20/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    726461
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV315588
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:05
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    711015
  • Barcode
    INV404624
    Canonical Identifier
    A-3503
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    colour
    Colour Type
    colour
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:46
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    neg
    Modification Date
    27/04/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    706799
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV326627
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:01:11
    Modification Date
    14/04/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    706160
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV164979
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1187
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    29/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674385
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV160546
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1180
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    29/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674382
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV156084
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 901
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    24/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673836
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV231156
    Canonical Identifier
    S 1310
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    09/04/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    669464
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV490534
    Canonical Identifier
    A-1826
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565643
    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV??3580
    Canonical Identifier
    B-6081
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    neg
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565626
  • Barcode
    INV272305
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-218
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:02:30
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562934

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