16mm film, original master 'Isle of Wight'

Filmed in 1960 on the Isle of Wight Railway. Footage of Ryde Esplanade, shots of different passenger trains departing station, including trains pulled by locomotives No. 28, 25, 22, Brading station, Southern Railway reward bench 'rewarded for the best kept station Group 1', train departing station. This is likely offcuts, footage made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV but not used in final edit for broadcast ('A Journey from Ryde to Ventnor'), filmed by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 1 minute 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. No title frame. This film is titled 'Isle of Wight' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list. Not found on BBC Programme Index but it may correspond to offcuts, footage filmed for but not used in the final edit of 'A Journey from Ryde to Ventnor', first broadcast on 25 April 1962 on BBC Television.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
1983-7287
Materials:
cellulose acetate, plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
type:
16 mm film
credit:
Adams & Whitehouse