16mm film, original master 'Three Branch Lines'

Filmed in 1958 on Hayling Island Branch, Halesowen Branch and Southwell Branch. The film shows Hayling Island station, freight, steam goods and passenger trains passing filmed from station platform and from the lineside on the different branches, train filmed passing over viaduct, railway gate manual operation, Rolleston junction station with electric and steam services, shot of electric train driver filmed in the cab, Southwell station, two young train spotters (a boy and a girl) running after a train and talking to a driver. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

This film is part of the Railway Roundabout collection donated by the makers of the programme, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. They produced films on contemporary British and foreign railways for the BBC Children's programme 'Railway Roundabout, broadcast monthly between 1958 and 1962 on BBC Television. The commentary was created and broadcast live, so the original films in the collection are silent. The Railway Roundabout collection includes the original masters, prints, some offcuts and working material for Railway Roundabout programmes as well as other films (non-Railway Roundabout) made by the John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and a small number of films made by others. The collection also includes the original un-edited audio recordings made between 1960 and 1965 by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for the BBC radio programme Railway Roundup. Additionally, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse were both photographers, their respective photographic collections are held by the National Railway Museum. This film is titled 'Three Branch Lines' on the title frame on film, on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list and 'Hayling Island Branch line' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 4 November 1958 on BBC Television.