16mm film, original master 'Austrian Narrow Gauge'

Filmed in 1959 in Austria. Footage of Weiz station, freight, goods and passenger trains led by steam locomotives in various locations filmed from the lineside, train on viaducts, water tank refill, train passing through Austrian landscape, shots taken on board, showing the locomotive and landscape through the window, passing Oberfeistritz station, loading coal in locomotive's tank, train transporting wood. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, some colour fooatge at the end of reel, 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 'Austrian Narrow Gauge' on title frame on film and on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list, 'Narrow Gauge in Austria' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 18 November 1959 on BBC Television.