16mm film, original master 'Snowdon Mountain Railway'

Filmed in 1960 on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Snowdonia National Park. Footage of Snowdon railway booking office, passengers waiting on platform, steam locomotive arriving at station pulling red and cream carriage, railway man opening carriage's doors external lock as the train passes, steam locomotive pushing carriage up incline in Snowdon landscape, shots taken from lineside and further away, close-up shot of the tracks, shots from on board the carriage, window view of the track, crowded carriage, railwayman opening doors from outside, various shots of locomotives at work up and down the incline, pushing carriage up incline, pulling down carriage, train stopped at view point over the mountain, passengers out to look at the view, close-up shot of locomotive No. 6 'Padarn', journey continues up the mountains, arrival at 'Snowdon summit, highest station in Great Britain', passenger getting off and exploring summit, shots from the summit over the landscape, passengers back on board, train departing, descending down the mountains. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, 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 'Snowdon Mountain Railway' on title frame on film and on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list, and 'The Snowdon Mountain Railway' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 21 September 1960 on BBC Television.