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General Library
The NGRS library service is available to
all members. The library contains approximately 270 files and 670 books in
addition to timetables, maps, catalogues, etc. All items in the library may be
borrowed free of charge by members for a period of one month, from the
Librarian.
Please return all items promptly as another member may be waiting to borrow
them. When returning items, please include outward postage plus 10p packing
charge per parcel. Please treat the Society property with great care - remember
that much of it is difficult to replace.
We are
always ready to receive any material of interest, whether by bequest, gift or
purchase. Have you something of interest which could be useful to the Library?
If
the material you require is not in the Library, we can sometimes obtain it from
elsewhere.
If
you have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
CLICK HERE to view or download the general library list (272K).
If
you want to find out about Acrobat Reader or install it onto your computer,
click on the icon below.
Video Library
The aims of the NGRS Film & Video Library are as
follows:
1) To
collect Films & Videotapes (privately made or commercially available) on
subjects relevant to the Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
2) To
make this material available to society Members in the form of individual
loans or shows to Area Groups, subject to any conditions imposed by the
Copyright owners.
An
important function of the library is to provide a safe repository for
non-commercial film or video footage which might otherwise be lost or destroyed,
such has often occurred after the photographer has passed away. To this end the
Society will be happy to accept such material, either on a permanent basis or on
temporary loan to permit a video copy to be made of such material. A VHS video
copy of any such cine film material will be supplied to the donor on request.
The Hon.Film &Video Librarian should, however, be contacted before any material
is sent.
A
limited selection of commercial videotapes will be acquired, either by purchase,
'Review' copies sent by publishers, or by donation from Society members, and
these videotapes will be available on loan, where permission has been given by
the Copyright holders.
Society
Master Copies are in S/VHS PAL, loan copies are VHS PAL, i.e normal UK domestic
format.
If you
wish to borrow any of the available tapes please write quoting your name and
address. Tapes are loaned for one month, together with the cost of outward post
& a donation, say 25p, towards packing materials. Tapes are loaned on the
understanding that they are NOT shown in public & in particular that further
copies are NOT made - this latter point is considered so important that anyone
found to have copied any part of a tape will have their membership terminated.
An
up to date list of the Video Library can be obtained by sending an Email request
or a large stamped addressed envelope to the Video
Librarian.
If
you have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
CLICK HERE to view or download the
video library list (84.9K).
If
you want to find out about Acrobat Reader or install it onto your computer,
click on the icon below.
If you
have any queries, information, or possible additional material please contact
the Video Librarian (please enclose a SAE if a
reply is required).
Other
Video Tapes
The
Society holds a small number of other tapes, mostly from Commercial publishers,
and these cannot be loaned to individual members or groups until permission has
been obtained from the Copyright holders. Negotiations are in hand & these will
be added to the 'loan' list when such permission is obtained.
'Clips
List'
Under compilation, please write for details - all donations of information
gratefully received !
A REQUEST FROM
THE VIDEO LIBRARIAN
(March 2007)
Members may be aware
that we have a videotape in the Society’s library with a short B&W film from
Yugoslav TV covering
the last days of the 600mm Ohrid-Gostivar line which was operated exclusively
with ‘Feldbahn’
locos when it closed in 1966.
Although poor quality the
programme is most interesting
& was thought to be
the only known movie footage of the line.
However member
Richard Harrison, who recently borrowed the videotape, has drawn our attention
to
another film of the
line & this time in colour !
The short 12-minute
programme is called ‘Ohrid Express’
&
was produced by a French company. It was nominated for an
award at the Cannes film festival in
1965 & is reported
as having been shown at another festival in the USA in 2002.
Enquiries are afoot
to try & trace this film & we are asking the membership whether anyone has heard
of the film or knows where it might be located [or even owns a copy !]
Any ‘clues’ would
be most gratefully received by the Video Librarian & members will be informed if
the program is located.
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