16mm film, original master 'Great Eastern E4 at Cambridge'

Filmed in 1959 at Cambridge station. Film shows locomotive 62785 pulling a passenger train, various panel and close-up shots of the locomotive, locomotive leaving station, shot of railway station bench. 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: 2 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 'Great Eastern E4 at Cambridge' on title frame on film and 'E4 at Cambridge' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list. Film not listed on BBC Programme Index. Unknown if this film was broadcast.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
1981-7071
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
type:
16 mm film
credit:
Adams & Whitehouse