- Video 125
Video 125 is a company that produces films known as driver's eye views, or DEVs. The technique uses a camera placed inside the cab of a train to record a film (or its modern equivalent) of its journey. Such films exist in
VHS orDVD format, covering a variety of lines inGreat Britain , including London's Underground. There are also DEVs of lines inIreland andFrance .Video 125 was formed in
1984 by Peter Middleton [http://www.video125.co.uk/acatalog/about_us.html Video 125, About Us] , a television cameraman and director who worked forLondon Weekend Television . The companies first DEV wasSettle toCarlisle .The company also produces a number of archive and feature titles, such as old steam footage, railway newsreels, and bus archives. Titles are also expanding to aviation.
Recently, Video 125 have converted their
VHS titles intoDVD format after 21 years of releasing their titles on VHS.1066 DC
"1066 DC", filmed in 1989, is one of a number of driver's eye view films made by Video 125. The film documents a
train driver's eye view of a journey from Hastings on the Southern England coast, to London'sCharing Cross railway station . The train was a late1980s 8-car 4Cep in the popular "Jaffa Cake" livery. The ninety minute film was written by Peter Middleton and narrated byPeter Egan .Notes
External links
* [http://www.video125.co.uk Video 125 Website]
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