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Six frames of 35mm Techniscope negative: Orange film: Logo footage. Colour wheel

circa 1965

Four full frames and one three quarter frame of black and white 35mm positive film

circa 1912

Kodak Safety Film

1927

Variable density diagonal sound

1932

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

Manual transposition cipher 'Rasterschlüssel 44'

after 1944

Specimens of viscose from cotton wool (1898)

1898

Six rolls of film

1920-1940

Earliest existing specimen of viscose rayon, 1898.

1898

Strip of film in plastic case

circa 1960s

Coronation Scot

1938

One cellulose acetate

1941-1946

Toy filmstrip viewer

1945-1950

Early monofil of viscose artificial silk

Nineteen separate 100mm miniature x-ray films

1972

Technicolor; 'Bend of the River'

1952

Five full frames and one quarter frame of silent tinted 35mm positive film

circa 1912

Kodak Safety Film

1927

Variable Area Sound

Decorative Box in Celulose acetate for Lalique, French, about 1930

1930-1940

Spool of white cellulose acetate yarn .

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

Spectacle frame

1973-1979

Copy negative of Blackett's 1933 photograph of a cosmic ray shower

1933-1939

Gamma-ray photographic transparency of electric drill

1955-1975

Four skeins of artificial silk 1908

1908

Four strips of miniature x-ray

1953-1975

Roses and pearls on a lamp post

circa 1955

Graphicel cartoon kit

circa 1970

Sausages

circa 1955

Miniature chest x-ray, London, England, 1953-1975

1953-1975
This is a print (show copy) compiling seven films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1958 and 1962. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'A Goods Train From Bath to Evercreech Junction', 'London Transport Steam & Electric', 'Newton Heath Shed', 'The Semmering Line', 'Trains at York', 'York Signal Box' and 'Gordon Highlander on the Spey River Line'

1958-1961
This is a print (show copy) compiling two films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1959 and 1960, plus the Railway Roundabout programme introduction. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'Railway Roundabout Introduction', 'Welsh Narrow Gauge' and 'Italian Narrow Gauge in the Dolomites' (Val Gardina)

1958-1962
This is a print (show copy) compiling six films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV in 1958. The title 'Four Branch Lines' compiles two titles broadcast separately: 'The Cardigan Branch' and 'Three Branch Lines'. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'The Last Train from Abergavenny to Merthyr', 'Irish Narrow Gauge Railways', 'Fishguard Harbour', 'Southampton Harbour' and 'Four Branch Lines'

1957-1958
This is a print (show copy) compiling three films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1959 and 1961. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'The Italian "Settabello"', 'Narrow Gauge Electric The Brunig Line Swiss Federal Railways' (Brunig Line) and 'Two Caley Bogies from Perth to Aviemore' (Caley Bogies)

1959-1960
This is a print (show copy) compiling two films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV in 1961-1962. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'The Night Ferry' and 'Lille to Basle'

1961
This is a print (show copy) compiling three films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1961 and 1962. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'Caerphilly Castle in London', 'The Bluebell Line' and 'Lion'

1961-1962
This is a print (show copy) compiling six films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1960 and 1962. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'A visit to Pert Shed, 'The Last Train From Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog', 'The Severn & Wye Lines', 'Kirtley Johnson & Co.', 'Seaton Junction' and 'Trains at Newcastle-upon-Tyne'

1960-1961
Filmed in 1959 at Kings Cross shed in London. Film shows locomotive No. 60078, D6108, railway workers, worker oiling locomotive's parts, A4 locomotive Mallard No. 60022 leaving the shed yard, Yorkshire Pullman nameplate fitted on font of Flying Scotsman locomotive No. 60103, Flying Scotsman leaving yard, Abbotsford locomotive No. 60141, locomotive No. 60862 on the turntable and then driving backwards, close-up of driver in Woodcock locomotive No. 60029, locomotive then leaving yard. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 4 minutes

16mm film, original master 'A Visit to Kings Cross Shed'

1959
Film made in the early 1960s, in the Republic of Mauritius. Footage of Mauritius Government Railways, a railway on Mauritius, Africa, island in the Indian Ocean. Includes close up shots of steam locomotive No. 15 (built by Sharp Stewart and Co. Limited, Atlas Works, Manchester), shunting of locomotive, passengers boarding carriages, train departing, road crossing gate operated manually, people by lineside, children running on tracks, shots of journey taken from locomotive, steam locomotive No. 73, men refilling coal tank manually, goods train passing, locomotive No. 50, goods train departing headed by locomotive No. 40, signalman with flag near tracks, men filling locomotive No. 22 with wood, locomotives No. 61, No. 62, railcar in background, manual operation of road crossing gate, locomotive No.70 pulling freight train. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Mauritius Government Railways'

1960-1965
This may be offcuts, footage made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV but not used in final edit for broadcast, filmed by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. Filmed on the Chemin de fer du Vivarais, a heritage railway and tourist attraction in the South of France. Footage of French railways CFD Reseau du Vivarais, steam locomotives pulling goods wagon, goods train passing over viaduct, trains journey filmed from lineside, goods train passing through French country landscape, railwaymen coupling wagon and locomotive, locomotive at water plant for water tank refill, railcar, locomotive No. 406, transporting wood in open wagons, steam locomotive in railway yard, freight, wood transport, steam engine shunting, shots taken from locomotive in motion, shots of steam passenger train filmed from line side, driver oiling wheels of locomotive No. 103, driver washing his hands with water running out of locomotive, CFD railcar, shots of journey filmed from locomotive front, CDF railcar, steam locomotive shunting, coupling steam locomotive to passenger carriages. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent.

16mm film, original master 'Vivarais II'

1961
Filmed in 1959 in the West Midlands, England. Footage of Birmingham New Street station, SLS Special No. 721 train led by steam locomotive No. 58283 arriving at platform, small crowd waiting, train departing. Footage of the train journey on Harborne and Halesowen branches. Footage filmed from the lineside, showing small crowds, adults and kids watching the train go by, from platform, countryside and on the tracks, passengers getting back on board after a stop on the tracks, electric train passing by signal box junction at Smethwick West, SLS special passing, Halesowen station, locomotive No. 58167 with driver and fireman chatting at station, SLS Special led by 58271 arriving at station, No. 58167 attached at back of train, locomotive detached at another station. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds

16mm film, original master 'SLS Special (Harborne & Halesowen Branches)'

1959
Filmed in 1960 on the Isle of Wight Railway. Footage locomotives No. 32 shunted through station to coal pit, fireman emptying ash box, driver oiling wheels, water tank refill at water plant, locomotive No. 21 'Sandown' coal tank refill with fireman shovelling coal manually into tank, close-up shots of locomotive No. 28 'Ashey' in steam, shunting No. 28. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast date unknown (1962?) on BBC Television. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Isle of Wight Engines'

1960
Filmed in 1961 at various London Transport locations, engine sheds and stations. Footage of steam locomotive L.5 pulling freight wagons, close-up shots of locomotive, shunt of L52, manual uncoupling by railwayman, locomotive L44 shunting and coupling to goods wagon, freight, electric multiple unit train (EMU) heading for Amersham, railwayman uncoupling steam locomotive No. 42588 and passenger carriage at a Rickmansworth station, shunt of locomotive No. 42253 to change tracks, Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives (Metropolitan-Vickers) No. 18 'Michael Faraday' and No. 8 'Sherlock Holmes' coupling to passenger train, departing station. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'London Transport Steam & Electric'

1961
Offcuts, footage made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV 'Kirtley Johnson & Co.' but not used in final edit for broadcast, filmed by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. Filmed in 1960 in Derbyshire. Footage of four Midland Railway engines coupled together (including No. 1000, No. 158A, No. 118) pulled by No. 1000 touring on the former Midland Railway Wirksworth branch line. This is the original master offcuts film reel, colour, silent.

16mm film, original master 'Kirtley Johnson Locomotives'

1960
Filmed in 1961 at Shrewsbury station. Footage of Shrewsbury station signs, platform, steam passenger train arriving, steam locomotive No. 7025 'Sudeley Castle' shunting, coupled to train, fitted with 'Cambrian Coast Express' nameplate, train departing station, arrivals and departures of steam trains, electric multiple unit (EMU), shunting, including shots of steam locomotives No. 42389, No. 1017 'County of Hereford', No. 9657, No. 7815, No. 6018, young trainspotters on platform watching trains passing, some shots featuring Shrewsbury’s Severn Bridge Junction signal box in the background. 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

16mm film, original master 'A Day at Shrewsbury Station'

1961
Unknown location, filmed in 1959, steam locomotive pulling viaduct inspection unit on viaduct, Equipment from British Railways civil engineering department, North Eastern Region, viaduct inspection unit. Footage shows operation of the inspection unit, men assessing arches, sides and under viaduct. Includes close-up shots of the viaduct taken the inspection unit. A film made by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for Railway Roundabout BBC TV. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 3 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Viaduct Inspection Unit'

1959
Filmed in 1959 in Soviet Union, USSR. Footage taken at Moscow Riga railway station (Rizhsky), possibly a Soviet station staff in white jacket uniform and other passengers waiting on platform, steam passenger train arriving at station with steam locomotive class Su 2-6-2 No. 254-10, electric multiple unit (EMU) on opposite tracks, overhead electric lines, railway worker cleaning locomotive, steam locomotive Joseph Stalin class IS 2-8-4 No. 607 pulling Moscow-Odessa passenger train, likely at Moscow Kiev station (Kiyevsky), electric train VL-23 No. 103 (3000V DC) likely in one of Moscow terminus (possibly Leningradsky railway terminal or Yaroslavsky railway terminal), diesel twin class TE7 No. 007, pulling Moscow-Leningrad express, possibly arriving at Moskovsky railway station in then Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), in the same location, shunting of two large P36 4-8-4 steam locomotives coupled together. The end of the reel is made of footage taken at Malaya October railway (Malaya Oktyabrskaya or Malaia Oktiabr'skaia railway) a children’s railway, where children learn about the different railway jobs, shots showing children in railway uniform, observing locomotive, doing signalling operations from the tracks and on board, with steam locomotive class PT 0-8-0 departing station. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Russian Trains'

1960
Filmed in 1961 at Newton Heath motive power depot in Manchester. Footage of steam locomotives at the depot, shots of British Railways signs 'Newton Heath Motive Power Depot', 'Engine spotters are not allowed in this depot without a permit', include shots of railway staff, turntable in operation, railwaymen emptying ash pit, locomotives featured at depot include No. 45653, 50850, 52230, 45308, 90408, 90123, 51371, 42492, 49508, 52271 and some freight wagons. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Newton Heath Shed'

1961