Wessex by Rail

1. Eastleigh Railworks

Professional silent footage depicting the Railworks in about 1925.
Southern Railway Film Unit; c1925; B/W; silent

2. The Way to the Sea

Extract from a Southern Railway documentary, celebrating the electrification of the London to Portsmouth line, including music by Benjamin Britten.
Southern Railway Film Unit; 1937; B/W; sound

3. London to Portsmouth Rail Electrification

Amateur footage of the ceremony at Portsmouth, greeting the first electric train from Waterloo in 1937.
Clifford Worley; 1937; B/W; silent

4. D-Day Preparations in Hampshire

Extracts from official unedited footage of Wartime diversification at Eastleigh Railworks, featuring women workers.
Southern Railway Film Unit; 1944; B/W; silent

5. Scenes from Village Life

Extracts from a film about Burghclere, showing the former Newbury to Winchester line, which ran through nearby Highclere.
John Legard; 1948; B/W; sound

6. South Africas Fruit via Southampton for Speed

Professional silent film containing scenes of freight services from Southampton Docks to Covent Garden.
Southern Railway Film Unit; c1947; B/W; silent

7. The Hayling Island Branch

Extracts from an amateur film showing the fondly remembered Hayling Billy, just before the branch line closed in 1963.
Edward Griffith; 1963; Colour; silent

8. The Last Run

This amateur film records the final day of services on the Adderbury Junction to West Moors line, 4 May 1964. The line passed through Fordingbridge, where most of the filming takes place. Commentary by Jack Hood.
Jack Hood; 1964; Colour; sound

9. Keeping Railway

The outdoor model railway at Keeping, on the Beaulieu Estate, the home of Captain J A Holder, in 1936.
W J Bassett-Lowke; 1936; B/W; silent