16mm film, original master 'The Talyllyn Railway To-day'

Film made and produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse in 1966 to celebrate the centenary of the Talyllyn Railway. Footage of Towyn main line station, steam passenger train led by locomotive No. 75002 arriving at Towyn station, passengers waiting on platform, signalman on platform exchanging token with driver, train departing station, signalman crossing tracks towards signal box, shots of Towyn beach, overview of the town, detail shots of landmarks and buildings, church, antique shop, market hall, assembly room, residential buildings, local life, bilingual 'Welcome to Towyn' sign, Neptune road, footage of Talylyn railway, narrow gauge tracks and locomotive, people sat on station benches, construction site, steam train arriving at station on Talyllyn railway, queue at booking office, passengers boarding, steam locomotive 'Douglas' pulling train departing from station, Pendre station, Rheidol Valley Talyllyn Railway posters, train arriving at station, Pendre West ground frame in operation, bank of point levers at trackside, train passing by ground frame and operator, goods wagons, three children looking at tracks with railwayman, Talyllyn railway Rhydyronen station, train passing under bridge, train departing station, pulled by locomotive No. 4 'Edward Thomas', single line, shot of warning sign 'Stop look and listen before crossing the line', train passing at road crossing, ground frame by trackside, train briefly stopping and departing at station, train arriving at Dolgoch station, passengers at station, train departing, refreshment carriage behind front locomotive, passengers who got off now walking to Dolgoch waterfalls, shot of steam train passing through landscape, Abergynolwyn station, uncoupling 'Talyllyn' locomotive from train, shunting locomotive away, first class carriage, third class carriages and open carriages, railwayman checking carriage door locks from platform, people walking along tracks, view over Abergynolwyn village, Railway Inn, road signs, Talyllyn lake, disused railway tracks transformed into green path, group of walkers, view over surrounding mountains, Snowdonia landscape, shot of diesel multiple units arriving at Towyn main line station, passengers, families boarding diesel train, train departing station, signalman walking over tracks back to signal box after token exchange with diesel driver. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Soundtrack on seperate reel. Duration: 14 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 'The Talyllyn Railway To-day' on title frame on film and 'Talyllyn Today' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list. It was not made as part of the Railway Roundabout series.