British Movietone travelling back plates on YouTube

[scarby]

I stumbled across a number of these so-called travelling back plates on the British Movietone YouTube page. I assume, as their name implies, they were filmed for use as background/stock material for films.

Some of them have barely been viewed, so presumably they were discovered and simply uploaded without ceremony.

Some locations and routes are identified in the text but I am sure all others can be identified by readers on here. Obviously where they pass through stations or yards are the most interesting parts. They appear to have been filmed in the mid-1950s. Some are dated.

Here are a couple, you can find several more by simply putting words in the YouTube search such as: travelling back plates train. There are also other ones done from cars and various subjects.

Train, travelling back plates

Train, travelling back plates

 

[Ashley Hill]

I stumbled across a number of these so-called travelling back plates on the British Movietone YouTube page. I assume, as their name implies, they were filmed for use as background/stock material for films.

Some of them have barely been viewed, so presumably they were discovered and simply uploaded without ceremony.

Some locations and routes are identified in the text but I am sure all others can be identified by readers on here. Obviously where they pass through stations or yards are the most interesting parts. They appear to have been filmed in the mid-1950s. Some are dated.

Here are a couple, you can find several more by simply putting words in the YouTube search such as: travelling back plates train. There are also other ones done from cars and various subjects.

Train, travelling back plates

Train, travelling back plates

Thanks for sharing, some really nice shots of towns and yards. I only identified Egham due to the Targets on the station.

 

[Mr. SW]

Sweet. Holloway Bank out of Kings Cross for the first. Recognised the approach to Richmond from the west on the second with a view over Old Deer Park.