![Fred's Films. Models for kids [excerpt] thumbnail image.](https://xos-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/snapshot_1302_69s.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA5NFUCQMTFXEBPVO5&Signature=vAs2agneMj6XuqSCjB7QzdW6sk0%3D&Expires=1742636916)
Model railways and miniature steam locomotives have been a great hobby for people passionate about engines and also about ‘quality’ family time. Fred Daley, steam train enthusiast and 8mm movie maker, has captured a meeting of these enthusiasts running their miniature steam engines and pulling the kids along behind them in purpose built ‘carriages’. There is a sense of camaraderie and enthusiasm from the people tending to their fully functioning but small steam locomotives. Both the little kids and the grown up kids seem to be having a lovely day out.
[This film is the final segment from the original film ‘ARC Cement Works, Geelong’.]
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
This work has been digitised and can be viewed in the display above.
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Collection iPads
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2003066
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Amateur films
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Steam-engines
Crafts & Visual Arts → Models and modelmaking
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Collectors and collecting
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file H264; ACMI External Digital Access Copy