Stan Harvey’s Portraits of Steam Vol 2
In Volume 2, Stan Harvey visits the Isle of Wight, where the famous preserved Southern Region Steam Railway offered a unique setting in the spring sunshine. Then off to the West Somerset Railway to capture images of a special freight charter with standard 4, 75069. Steam once again returned to Barnstaple on 1st May 1994, when two standard 4 tanks hauled a train from Exeter to Barnstaple ad back.
Description
DVD – Colour – 60 minutes
In Volume 2, Stan Harvey visits the Isle of Wight, where the famous preserved Southern Region Steam Railway offered a unique setting in the spring sunshine. Then off to the West Somerset Railway to capture images of a special freight charter with standard 4, 75069. Steam once again returned to Barnstaple on 1st May 1994, when two standard 4 tanks hauled a train from Exeter to Barnstaple ad back.
Then to Kingswear in Devon to witness an excursion leaning for Paignton along the Dart Estury. Llangollen in May 1994 provided a beautiful setting in the early summer with engines of all shapes and sizes culminating in Pannier Tank 7754 watering up for a journey into the Welsh Countryside.
The Severn Valley Railway held its Autumn Gala in 24th & 25th September, where Stan captured images of a galaxy of giants of steam around Bewdley and Arley. Finally the Noth Yorkshire Railway provides a back drop for unique sequences of some of the UK’s mightiest restored engines. Engines featured include The Flying Scotsman, Ta Valley (Golden Arrow), Kind Edward 1st, Bradley Manor, Union of South Africa, plus many, many more.
An Aarchive Film Production
Specifications
All the DVDs are produced, packed and sent directly from Aarchvie Films.
The original documentaries were made on S-VHS, in a 4:3 ratio, so on a standard TV/computer screen, will show black bars on both sides.
There is some very brief areas of ‘dropout’ when they were converted from S-VHS video to digital. We have done the best we can to reduce this, but it is still there.
All of the documentaries were produced by Roger Lilley of Aarchive Films, who passed away 20 years ago. Some of the ‘modern’ footage is from between 1995 – 2000, so some of the newer footage may look different now. Also, when Roger would would use the term ‘today’, this was written back in before 2001.
Digital Remasters
Some of the video have been digitally remastered, into a 16:9 widescreen format, with updated maps, sound, colour grading and more.
The new remastered versions are online only from our Patreon Page. The DVDs are still the original format above.
