16mm film, original master 'The Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn'

Filmed in 1960 on Brienz Rothorn Railway, a heritage rack railway and tourist attraction in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland. Footage of Lake Brienz, passenger disembarking boat on lake, walking to Brienz railway station, passenger queuing besides of tracks, shots of red carriage pushed by rack steam locomotive, shots of the journey taken on board, views over tracks and Swiss Alps landscape, lineside shots of train passing, train climbing incline, several stops to refill locomotive water tank, passengers getting off, trains up and down the inclines, going through tunnel in the mountain, approaching summit, arrival at Kulm (Rothorn Kulm), close-up shots of steam locomotive, trains descending back to Brienz. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, 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 Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn' on title frame on film, 'The Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn (Switzerland)' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list, titled 'The Brienz-Rothorn Rack Railway' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 14 November 1961 on BBC Television.