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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

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939

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

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

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

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

Four skeins of artificial silk 1908

1908

Four strips of miniature x-ray

1953-1975

Graphicel cartoon kit

circa 1970

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

1953-1975

Spool of white cellulose acetate yarn .

Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

1956

Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

circa 1954

Sausages

circa 1955

Roses and pearls on a lamp post

circa 1955
Sixteen frames of 70mm miniature x-ray films on one reel, taken at United Glass, 1975

Reel, for sixteen frames of 70mm miniature x-ray films

1975
Colour transparency of a glass filled with "Celebration Cream" sherry, taken by Photographic Advertising Limited, 1950s.

Glass filled with "Celebration Cream" sherry

1950s
Colour transparency of a girl holding a ball next to a boy wearing a cowboy outfit, c. 1950, taken by Photographic Advertising Limited.

Girl holding a ball next to a boy wearing a cowboy outfit, c. 1950

1950s
Colour transparency of a woman leaning against a tree, c. 1950, taken by Photographic Advertising Limited.

Woman leaning against a tree, c. 1950

1950s
Six strips of negative cinema film strips in envelope showing the test atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico in July 1945, with later associated contact prints and a single frame enlargement, British, 1946. The strips were supplied by Gaumont-British Distributors, the prints were probably made by the museum's photographers.

Six strips of cinema film showing the test atomic

1945
Filmed in 1959. Footage of Great Northern Saddle Tank No. 1247. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 3 October 1961 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), silent.

16mm film, print (AWP 20), Railway Roundabout film 'GN Tank No.1247'

1959
Film made and produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse in 1963. Film celebrating the centenary of the Festiniog railway, Welsh narrow-gauge railway, using archive content (filmed still images, photographs and footage) and contemporary footage. The film includes shots of historical reenactments, crowd of passengers in historical costumes, Portmadoc station, Prince steam locomotive, Minffordd station, footage of journey with passengers in hsitorical costumes, Tan-y-Bwlch station. The film also includes contemporary scenes, with 1963 traffic and passengers at Portmadoc station. This is a print (show copy), colour, sound. Duration: 11 minutes

16mm film, print, 'A Century of Steam: the Festiniog Railway'

1963
Filmed circa 1955-1965 on the Reseau Breton, railway in Britanny, France. A film likely made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV programme, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and possibly not broadcast. This is a print (show copy), colour, silent.

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'Reseau Breton'

1955-1965
Film made in 1925, unknown maker and production. This is a print (show copy), black and white. Possibly a film from which John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse have used extracts in their own productions, including Railway Roundabout programme

16mm film, print, 'Southwold Railway 1925'

1925
Filmed in 1960 on Talyllyn Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway and Ffestiog Railway in Wales. Film starts with footage made on Tallylyn Railway, Towyn Wharf station, passenger boarding train, train led by a steam locomotive setting off station, train made of closed and open carriages, passenger seen chatting with driver when the train is stopped, passing through Abergynolwyn station, double headed train (Edward Thomas locomotive), shunting locomotive No. 6, train approaching single line, close-up shots of tracks, Talyllyn Railway informatin/notice board. Footage of the Vale of Rheidol Railway, passenger queue at booking office, family with young children boarding on train, men chatting next to 'Llywelyn' locomotive No. 8 , 'Owain Glyndŵr' No. 7 locomotive pulling passenger train across road with signalman controlling traffic, water tank refill for No. 8, shots on board the train taken from the window, shots taken from lineside, Devils Bridge station. Footage on Ffestiniog railway coupling new locomotive to train, various lineside shots of train passing in landscape, water tank refill, train passing on Britannia bridge to Porthmadog, oiling wheels on Fairlie's patent locomotive, train passing by Britannia Foundry. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 17 August 1960 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), speed 16 fps. Duration: 8 minutes 30

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'Welsh Narrow Gauge'

1960
This is a print (show copy), of a film produced by SNCF (French Railways) in the 1950s. Film from which John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse have used extracts in their Railway Roundabout programme 'Le Mistral: Nice to Paris'

16mm film, print, 'Mistral'

1950-1960
This is a print (show copy) compiling four films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1959 and 1962, some titles may not have been broadcast. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'Reseau du Viverais (France)', 'Austrian Rack', 'Austrian Narrow Gauge' and 'Yugoslavian Narrow Gauge'

1959-1961
This can either correspond to two films or combine both films: 'A Century of Steam: Festiniog Railway' made by Patrick Whitehouse in 1965-1966 and/or 'Festiniog Summer' made by Alan J. Wilmott in 1966-1967. This is a cutting copy

16mm film, cutting copy, 'Century of Steam, Festiniog Summer'

1965-1967
This is a print (show copy) compiling footage which was likely originally filmed for Railway Roundabout BBC TV programme

16mm film, print, compilation of footage filmed for Railway Roundabout: Romney Hythe and Dymchurch, 2 Glens, Webb Tank locomotives, Metro Tank Locomotive.

1955-1965
Filmed in 1959 on the West Highland Railway in Scotland. Film shows train being pulled by steam locomotive 61784 departing from Fort William station and following the train journey, with shots taken from a passenger view, outside the carriage's window, onto the Highland landscape, lineside shots also show the train steaming through the landscape, including steam train passing on Glenfinnan Viaduct (shot from carriages and from lineside afar), passing through Glennfinnan station, Arisaig station, arrival at Mallaig station, shots of Mallaig harbour with wooden fishing boats, passengers boarding MV Loch Seaforth, Loch Seaforth departing (ship linking Stornoway with Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh), footage of train pulled by 61784 return journey to Fort William, including views of Ben Nevis. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 30 June 1959 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), black and white, silent. Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'The Skye Line: Fort William to Mallaig'

1959
This is a colour print (show copy) compiling five films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV programme, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1959 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 Journey from Ryde to Ventnor', 'T9s to Tavistock', 'The Skye Line: Fort William to Mallaig', 'Adams Tank on the Lyme Regis Branch' and 'Snowdon Mountain Railway'

1959-1960