8mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'Scottish Historical Locomotives'

Filmed in 1959 in Glasgow, during the Scottish Industries Exhibition at Kelvin Hall. The exhibition ran between 3 and 19 September 1959. Footage shows steam locomotives running on tracks, including double headed passenger train led by Caledonian Railway locomotive No. 123 and Great North of Scotland Railway locomotive, North British Railway locomotive No. 256 'Glen Douglas', No. 3440 'City of Truro' in engine yard, locomotive on turntable, Great North British Railway No. 49 Gordon Highlander, Caledonian Railway locomotive No. 123 at water plant, Highland Railway locomotive No. 103 backed to water plant. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is an 8mm print (show copy), 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 'Scottish Historic Locomotives' on title frame on film and 'Scottish Historical Locomotives' on Railway Roundabout 16mm masters list, 'Scottish Veterans at work' on BBC Programme Index. First broadcast on 16 December 1959 on BBC Television.