16mm film, original master 'Two Caley Bogies from Perth to Aviemore'

Made:
1960 in Scotland
maker:
Patrick Bruce Whitehouse
and
John H L Adams

Filmed in 1960 on the Highland Railway. Footage of steam locomotive No. 54486 on turntable at Perth shed, locomotives 54486 and 54885 at coal plant and water plant, railwaymen cleaning both locomotives now coupled together, oiling engines and parts, locomotives shunted and coupled to passenger train at station, double headed train departing station, passing Blair Athol station, water tank refill, train passing through Highland landscape, shots from lineside and from locomotive, arrival at Aviemore 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

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 'Two Caley Bogies from Perth to Aviemore' on title frame on film, 'Caley Bogies from Perth to Aviemore' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list, 'Caley Bogies to Aviemore' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 15 November 1960 on BBC Television.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
1981-7095
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
type:
16 mm film
credit:
Adams & Whitehouse