NRS-22524 | 16mm Promotional, Informational, and Historic Films [State Rail]

Full description

Promotional and informational films of significant events, historical record and activities conducted by the railways and tramways. The films were produced by Photographic Section or by external production companies for New South Wales Government Railways.

A master and viewing copy for some of these films are held in this series. A video copy of Item 1 is held in a related series, NRS-16280 VHS Promotional videos [R331].

Series contains 16mm black and white and colour film; black and white and colour work prints; and black and white negative film.

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an 'in house archives' consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the 'State Rail Archives' the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R380. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R380 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.