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About Peter Handford
Peter Handford (21 March 1919 – 6 November 2007) was a British location sound recordist. He is considered a master and pioneer of this genre of sound recording.
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An express passenger train accelerating after leaving a station
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A down express passenger train, followed by an up express passenger train, passing in open country
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A local passenger train passing by in open country
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A local passenger train starting out from a country station
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An express passenger train passing, fast, in open country
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An express passenger train climbing a steep gradient
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A loose coupled freight train starting
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An express passenger train accelerating after a signal arm changes
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Passenger trains near the summit of a climb from both directions
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Passenger trains at the entrance to a tunnel
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A freight train slowly approaching a marshalling yard
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On The Lickey Incline, Near Blackwell, In June 1959
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A journey on the footplate of a locomotive hauling a passenger train
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A journey on board an express passenger train
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Seaside - Very rough sea, turbulent waves rolling on shore
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Seagulls on the shore
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Rooks and song bird at dusk - British countryside
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At Bromsgrove, At The Foot Of The Lickey Incline, On An August Afternoon In 1959
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A variety of locomotives at work in a large, busy marshalling yard, with loose coupled wagons
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Rain beating against window panes - Driven by strong wind
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Grantham Station On A Damp August Night In 1961
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Locomotives moving to and from the loco. sheds
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At a large main line station; a typically busy terminus
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Passenger and freight trains passing and leaving a station on a main line
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Single bell tolling
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On The Settle-Carlisle Line At Ribblehead Station On A November Night In 1969
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Airport - Jet aircraft landing
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Wind moaning - Heard interior
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Birds in spring/summer, early morning - British countryside
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Sparrows - Large, excited group, chirping and fluttering in hedgerow
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Chickens - Alarmed, agitated squawking
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Airport - Jet aircraft take off
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On the Midland main line, between Luton and Wellingborough, at Souldrop and Sundon
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Recording Made At Bridge Of Orchy And Between Bridge Of Orchy and Tyndrum In May 1959
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At a country station. Passenger and freight trains passing and a local passenger train arriving and departing
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Large clock ticking - Heard interior
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Inside a large signal box at a busy main line station
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River running over rocky shallows
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At Manchester Central and Leeds City stations
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D351 At Shap. May 1960.
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'Westerns' And Brush Type 4 At Didcot, February 1975.
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At the south end of Grantham Station
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Airport - Interior of main hall
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Airport - Interior of control tower - Voices of controllers and pilots
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Hunting - Horses passing and jumping - Voices of riders and spectators
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Village ambience in southern Mediterranean country - Bird calls, cows, chickens, frogs and stream
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D141 At Blea Moor. November 1961.
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WR Steam And DMU At Princes Risborough. December 1961.
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D1035 At Princes Risborough. January 1963.
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Waves Rolling Onto A Pebble Beach
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