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16mm films, videotapes and sound recordings from British Railways Research, Derby

Collection of approximately 480 items from British Railways Research, Derby, documenting research, procedures and locomotive tests. Mainly 16mm film reels, as well as one 35mm film reel, one 8mm film reel, one Super 8 film reel, 10 sound recordings and 2 video recordings.

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Print; I93/2 / Colour, Silent / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'APT [Duffield] Running Tests'

Original camera + Print; Canister inside Brown film travel box / U1 / 08/10/1970 / BR Research roll No.115 / 3 rolls in can, 2 reversal prints (duplicate) on core and 1 reversal original on core, same frames at the beginning of the rolls / Can 1 of 1 / Colour, Silent / Reversal;400 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail Test Old Dalby Test Track'

1970
Copy; Canister inside green film travel box / X84 / British Railways Board card inside box with date 04/03/1977 / 866 feet, 33 min at silent speed according note on can / First frames: "British Rail LM Region CCE Department", " Steelwork cleaning method", "Grit blasting" / Colour, Silent / Reversal print; 800 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Grit Cleaning'

1977
Copy; I90 / BR / Title on can and first frames / Colour, Magnetic sound;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Copy; BTF label / "no front" written on label / B&W, Optical sound; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'There Has Been an Accident'

Original camera; X81 / "reel 3" on can / "Preliminary work on site" title on first frames / B&W, Silent / Edited original or duplicate reversal; 400 feet black metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Surface Cleaning'

Print; U107 / 20/05/1978 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Lateral Transfer Rig at Derby Research'

1978
Copy; T/W Autowagon, "Copy G", BTF, on label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Print; U102 / 15/12/1972 / "Over head film" / BR Research roll No.315 / Titles according leader and can, frames are picture of overhead, so it could be background for titles incrust / Can 1 of 1;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Work on Overhead'

1972
Copy; I108 / Colour, Magnetic sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Elevating Twistlock Concept'

Print; X8 / Offcuts of Security work (X4) and The Fight against crime (X1) according BRB X series list / B&W, Silent; 1000 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm '[Larger edited bits of positive]'

Print; X92 / B&W, Silent; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'APT M30, 35, 37, 39'

Print; BR Research roll No.352 / 09/11/1979 / Colour / Can't open can; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail fracture Caused by Impact Coaling'

1979
Copy; I106 / COI label / 28 minutes / Save it, title on first frames, plus "Introduced by Robert Kee" / British Crowns copyright according label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;1200 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Save It: Energy in Industry'

Negative Master; X97 / B&W, Silent; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm '[M22(3) B. loco (down), M24 (down), M25 (down), M28 (down)]'

Print; X87 / "Shortened version, 2min", "very low damping evident" / Title on first frames: "Magnetic levitation" along with BR logo / Colour, Silent / Magenta, dust and scratches / Approx. 100 feet / Title on first frames ' Magnetic levitation', footage of Maglev vehicle moving on tracks, including close-ups; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Film of Maglev vehicle'

Print; X95 / Colour, Silent; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Grove Park I Tests 1-5'

Negative + Print; U10 / April 1971 / B&W, Silent;1000 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail Head'

1971
Copy; X88 / BTF label, note: "This copy is in poor condition" / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta + numerous scratches; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Maglev'

Print; U6 / Offcuts, titles and two prints, 4 reels in can / Colour, Silent / Frames with titles "A Physiological test to measure perceptual style";400 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Seat Tests on Van at Airport'

Negative Master; BR Research roll No.247 / 19/03/1974 / Colour, Silent; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Untitled Negative Master No247'

1974
Copy; Metal canister inside cardboard case / I27 / Title on reel and first frames / B&W, Optical sound; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Dynamics of Railway Vehicles 1'

Offcuts; U61 / 1975 / 10/11/1977 / Print offcuts from U61/3 / "Not to be shown or loaned without I.S.T Duncan permission (director)" on can / Colour, Silent / Yellow / Can 4 of 4;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wagon Derailment Test Mickleover'

1975
Negative Master; U100 / 05/10/1977 / BR Research roll No.310, 12/09/1977 on leader / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rig at Preston University'

1977
Negative Master; U60 / 18/04/1975 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail Concrete Paver'

1975
Print; I50/3 / Colour, Silent according labels but Magnetic sound;400 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The CS3 Rail Fastening Assembly on Concrete Sleeper'

Negative Master; X44(3) / Title according BRB X series list / BRR / Colour, Silent; 100 feet Eastman Kodak yellow case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail Buckle Test Old Dalby'

Copy; X50 / BTF label / Colour, Optical sound; 800 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'PACT: The Permanent Way'

Negative + Print; U58 / 10/02/1975 / 2 reels inside can 1 of 1;1000 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Test Run of Car Flats (Aerodynamics)'

1975
Original camera; Metal canister inside cardboard case / I36 / "Preparation and Calibration of Strain measuring bolts" / B&W, Silent / Edited original reversal; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Chepstow-Manufacture Calibration of High Tensile Bolts'

1965
Negative Master; X44(4) / Title according BRB X series list / Fogged written on can / "Other rolls have edge bogging" / Colour, Silent;

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Rail Buckle Test Old Dalby'

Print; U61 / May 1975 / "Not to be shown or loaned without I.G.T Duncan (director)", "short section removed" / Colour, Silent / Magenta;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wagon Derailment Test Mickleover'

1975
Copy; X51 / Title according BRB X series list / Title on can: Rail Concrete Paver / BR Research 10/02/1975 / Note on can "Damaged PACT film piece chopped out for RWS Nov. 1982" / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'PACT: The Permanent Way'

1975
Copy; I50/2 / BTF label with title "A Telephone message for you", other title on first frames / Colour, Magnetic sound;400 feet black metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The CS3 Rail Fastening Assembly on Concrete Sleeper'

Offcuts; X43 / Title according BRB X series list / BR Research roll No.224 / 12/06/1973 / Colour, Silent / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Foam Drag Test'

; BTF label "The Challenge of Change" crossed over / On leader: "BTF - J1805, Roll 31, 23/11/1969 or 1967", Silent, Positive, ektachrome;

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Untitled Roll 31'

1969
Print; U68 / 01/12/1975 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Robel Tamping machine York'

1975
Print; I105/2 / 1979 / Title on can and on first frames / Colour, Silent;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Thermal Buckling of CWR, the old Dalby site experiments'

Copy; X40, actually same I94 / BBC copyright / BBC enterprises Film Library Sales label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Print; Metal canister inside white cardboard box / I42 / G589M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd, London, label / "Metal hub" / Small bits of film rolled on reel, some with titles / Title not on can but from I series list; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wagon shunting tests'

1965
Negative Master; U69 / 01/12/1975 / BR Research roll No.275, 13/11/1975 on leader / Colour, Silent / Ride filmed from under the maglev, close up of tracks and underframe / Approx. 100 feet;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Linear Vehicle'

1975
Offcuts; U73 / 20/07/1976 / "Offcuts of titles join with tape label" / B&W, Silent / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Titles for plastic films (Rolls Royce) Offcuts'

1976
Print; I48 / B&W, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Riding of Double Bolster Bogie'

1962
Print; U66 / 11/11/1975 / "Master filled as U67" / Colour, Silent / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Concrete Sleeper drilled to get rid of slurry'

1975
Print; I52 / Square metal canister inside cardboard case / BR Research roll No.93, 22/03/1968 / Picture also in box: enlargement of 4 frames / B&W, Silent;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Prototype UIC suspension on roller rig'

1968
Copy; X4 / Title according note inside can, "Security Work" is the title referenced on the X series list by BRB / B&W, sound; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Security work, Ford Lorry alarmatic'

Offcuts; X59 / "Section from PACT film for RWS Nov.1982" / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'PACT: The Permanent Way'

1982
Print; X65/1 / 12/1979 / Edited Dynamics Film of Widmerpool Testing / B&W, Silent; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamics Testing Widmerpool'

1979
Negative Master; U73 / 20/07/1976 / Graded copy / B&W, Silent / Can 1 of 5;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Titles for plastic films (Rolls Royce)'

1976
Negative Master; X65/2 / 12/1979 / BR Research roll No.187 / 07/12/1979 / B&W, Silent; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamics Testing Widmerpool'

1979