16mm film, original master 'The Wye Valley Lines'

Filmed in 1959 on the Wye Valley railways, Wales and England. The film shows the Ross Signal box and Ross-on-Wye station, passenger trains passing filmed from the lineside, driver's view shots taken from the front of the train whilst moving, shots of passenger trains passing filmed form lineside, Chepstow Junction station, Brockweir station, shots of steam train in landscape of Wye Valley, Monmouth (Troy) station. 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: 5 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 'The Wye Valley lines' on title frame on film, 'Closing of the Wye Valley Lines' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list and 'Goodbye to the Wye Valley (a film)' on BBC programme Index. First broadcast on 7 April 1959 on BBC Television.