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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

Strip of film in plastic case

circa 1960s

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

One cellulose acetate

1941-1946

Toy filmstrip viewer

1945-1950

Early monofil of viscose artificial silk

Specimens of viscose from cotton wool (1898)

1898

Six rolls of film

1920-1940

Earliest existing specimen of viscose rayon, 1898.

1898

Coronation Scot

1938

Manual transposition cipher 'Rasterschlüssel 44'

after 1944

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

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

Roses and pearls on a lamp post

circa 1955

Sausages

circa 1955

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

1930-1940

Four skeins of artificial silk 1908

1908

Spool of white cellulose acetate yarn .

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 strips of miniature x-ray

1953-1975

Graphicel cartoon kit

circa 1970

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

1953-1975

Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

1956
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
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 on the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway, England. Footage of Great Western Railway diesel railcars, parcel loaded into railcar at station, railcar departing station, Bewdley station sign, railcar stopping at Bewdley station, passengers getting off, signal box, token exchange, sign for Woofferton junction station, express steam train passing through station, steam passenger train stopping at station and departing, railcar arriving at Wooffeerton Junction station, passengers boarding, steam trains coming and going, journey of steam train filmed from lineside, token exchange, Tenbury Wells, signalman working levers in signal box, semaphore signals, steam train stopping at Tenbury Wells, token exchange between driver and signalman, footage of different trains and token exchange at station, railcar filmed from lineside then arriving at station, passengers waiting on platform, railcar W 24 W shunting, passengers boarding. 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Bewdley-Tenbury Branch'

1961
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
Filmed in 1960 in Newcastle, England. Footage of diesel and steam locomotives, passenger and freight traffic at Newcastle station. Shots of steam locomotive No. 68723 pushing freight, shunting of diesel electric locomotive D264, D264 pulling passenger train departing from station, various steam locomotives shunting and pulling goods and passenger trains departing or arriving at station, including No. 60127, No. 65033, No. 60521, No. 68728, No. 68680 pushing Royal Mail carriage, No. 64923, No 60036 pulling 'The Queen of Scots' train, No. 65838, No. 68723. 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Trains at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne'

1960
Filmed in 1959 on Midland railway. Footage of steam locomotive No. 41000, stripped boiler in engine shed, repair work on locomotive, railway men doing repairs and inspections on different parts of the locomotive (ash box, wheels, driver's cab), cleaning and polishing, applying Midland railway coat of arms, repaired 1000 locomotive shunted out of the shed, exterior photo shoot of the locomotive, crowds watching, locomotive on turntable in engine shed, locomotive arriving and departing station with crowd watching, locomotive running on the lines with shots taken from the window at from of the train, passing through stations, 'SLS Golden Jubilee M.R. Compound Special' sign at the back of the train, Derby Midland station, Sheffield Midland, fireman breaking down coal in coal tank, crowd observing locomotive up close at stations, close-up shots of details on locomotive. 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: 9 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Midland Compound 1000'

1959
Filmed in 1960 on the Highland Railway. Footage of steam locomotive No. 54486 on turntable at Perth shed, locomotives 54486 and 54885 at coal plant and water plant, railwaymen cleaning both locomotives now coupled together, oiling engines and parts, locomotives shunted and coupled to passenger train at station, double headed train departing station, passing Blair Athol station, water tank refill, train passing through Highland landscape, shots from lineside and from locomotive, arrival at Aviemore 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 'Two Caley Bogies from Perth to Aviemore'

1960
Filmed in 1960 on Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Estate in Leicestershire. Footage of passengers (children and adults) getting onboard the miniature train at station, train led by SMR locomotive No. 750 'Blanche of Lancaster' departing, stop at Stable Hill with passengers waiting on platform, train reversing, Central station, passengers looking at locomotive from platform, sign for 'The Lakeside Express', children and adult passengers boarding, driver oiling the miniature locomotive No. 751 'John of Gaunt', driver chatting with children, close-up shot of semaphore signals, train departing, passing level crossing, train journey filmed from lineside, arrival at Lakeside, close up of locomotive, passengers boarding, train departing, return journey filmed from lineside, stop at station, change of driver, train departing. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Stapleford Miniature Railway'

1960
Filmed in 1959 on the French Railways (SNCF), in France and Switzerland. Footage of SNCF electric and steam trains at Lille Poste 1 station, parcels and mail loaded onto carriages, shunting electric power car, passenger boarding second class carriage, electric multiple unit (EMU), steam locomotive pulling train, departing station, electric locomotive BB-13034, shots from carriage’s window at tail of train, departing station, train at Strasbourg station, electric locomotive BB-16002 coupled to carriages, footage of journey taken from driver's cab, shots of driver inside driver's cab, stops at different stations, freight, goods trains passing on parallel tracks, shots of electric overhead lines and tracks filmed from driver's cab, shots of electrical signalling equipment, arrival at Basel 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: 10 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Lille to Basle'

1959
Filmed in 1961 at Bewdley, in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England. Footage of Bewdley South Box, pantograph, signalman exchanging token with driver, diesel multiple unit (DMU) at Bewdley station, passengers coming out on platform, passenger flow, GWR diesel railcar in BR green, passenger boarding, steam locomotive No. 9657 pulling passenger train arriving at station, token exchange with driver, train departing, other steam train arriving, passengers getting off, steam locomotive No. 44966 shunted and coupled to tail of train, departing, train pulled by steam locomotive No. 6553 passing through station, passengers walking away from stations, shots showing people in Bewdley, couples, families, groups, sitting by the river, fishing, walking, playing, bank holiday activities, steam train departing Bewdley station, token exchange between signalman and driver, steam locomotive 7308, passengers waiting on platform bench, diesel railcar, camera following a family going to platform, trains departing, signalman in signal box. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Bank Holiday at Bewdley'

1961
Filmed in 1959 at Thornaby Motive Power Depot in North Yorkshire which opened in 1957. Footage shows signs 'British Railways Modernisation New Motive Power Depot', 'Thornaby Motive Power Depot'. The film presents and demonstrates the different equipment and facilities at the depot, showing the locomotive 63364 going through each of them: mechanised coaling plant, water tank with multiple distribution points, wheel pit, ash pit, external turntable, interior of roundhouse, internal turntable (filmed from the turntable). A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 13 January 1959 on BBC Television. This is the original master film reel, black and white, silent. Duration: 4 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Thornaby Motor Power Depot'

1959
Filmed in 1961 on Bala and Festiniog Railway (standard gauge), Snowdonia, Wales. Footage of British Transport Commission British Railways public notice board, notice of closure of Frongoch, Arenig and Blaeneau Ffestiog (Central) stations on 28 January 1961, shot of a map of North Wales, footage of Bala station, passengers waiting on platform, arrival of SLS special double headed train pulled by locomotives No.4645 and No. 8791, locomotives water refill at water tank, various shots of the train journey filmed from the lineside and further, train passing through Welsh landscape, Arenig signal box, semaphore signal, train arriving at station, water tank refill, continuing journey with shots taken from the top of the locomotive, view over tracks and landscape, photographers and observers occasionally seen on the lineside, passing over Cwm Prysor viaduct, Trawsfynydd station, arrival at Bala station, crowds watching the train, taking pictures, close-up shots of the locomotive, waving goodbye at the two locomotives leaving 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: 6 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Last Train From Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog'

1961
Filmed in 1958, footage shot on the Whitland and Cardigan Railway in West Wales, include Cardigan station and Crymmych Arms. 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: 3 minutes

16mm film, original master 'The Cardigan Branch'

1958