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Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

circa 1954
Decorative Box in Celulose acetate for Lalique, French, about 1930

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

1930-1940
Six frames of 35mm Techniscope negative: Orange film: Logo footage. Colour wheel

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

circa 1965
Miniature chest x-ray, London, England, 1953-1975

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

1953-1975
Kodak Safety Film

Kodak Safety Film

1927
Kodak Safety Film

Kodak Safety Film

1927
Spirograph projector

Spirograph projector

1923
Coronation Scot

Coronation Scot

1938
Earliest existing specimen of viscose rayon, 1898.

Earliest existing specimen of viscose rayon, 1898.

1898
Graphicel cartoon kit

Graphicel cartoon kit

circa 1970
Toy filmstrip viewer

Toy filmstrip viewer

1945-1950
Spool of white cellulose acetate yarn .

Spool of white cellulose acetate yarn .

Technicolor; 'Bend of the River'

Technicolor; 'Bend of the River'

1952
Copy negative of Blackett's 1933 photograph of a cosmic ray shower

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

1933-1939
Spectacle frame

Spectacle frame

1973-1979
Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939
Nineteen separate 100mm miniature x-ray films

Nineteen separate 100mm miniature x-ray films

1972
Four skeins of artificial silk 1908

Four skeins of artificial silk 1908

1908
Variable Area Sound

Variable Area Sound

Six rolls of film

Six rolls of film

1920-1940
Variable density diagonal sound

Variable density diagonal sound

1932
Specimens of viscose from cotton wool (1898)

Specimens of viscose from cotton wool (1898)

1898
One cellulose acetate

One cellulose acetate

1941-1946
Sausages

Sausages

circa 1955
Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939
Roses and pearls on a lamp post

Roses and pearls on a lamp post

circa 1955
Early monofil of viscose artificial silk

Early monofil of viscose artificial silk

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

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

circa 1912
Five full frames and one quarter frame of silent tinted 35mm positive film

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

circa 1912
Gamma-ray photographic transparency of electric drill

Gamma-ray photographic transparency of electric drill

1955-1975
Strip of film in plastic case

Strip of film in plastic case

circa 1960s
Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

Chest x-ray associated with the Rotalix chest radiography plant

1930-1939
Four strips of miniature x-ray

Four strips of miniature x-ray

1953-1975
Manual transposition cipher 'Rasterschlüssel 44'

Manual transposition cipher 'Rasterschlüssel 44'

after 1944
60 Feet of 9.5mm Film

60 Feet of 9.5mm Film

circa 1926-1935
Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

Reel of 9.5mm Duplex-Monoplex film by Pathescope

1956
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 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 1962, on the Cambrian line, between London Paddington and Aberystwyth, filmed in England and Wales. Footage of steam locomotive No. 7002 with 'Cambrian Coast Express' train headboard, footage of Leamington Spa station, concourse, passengers, information display about Western Region modernisation, passengers waiting on benches, auto-shop vending machine, No. 7002 Devizes Castle locomotive at platform, railwayman placing 'Cambrian Coast Express' headboard on locomotive, train departing station, train arriving at Banbury station, passing by semaphore signal and passing by signal box, shots taken from railway bridges of express train passing full steam ahead, Shrewsbury station, locomotive No. 7803 'Barcote Manor' with 'Cambrian Coast Express' headboard, fireman placing lamp on locomotive, driver oiling wheels, fireman in coal tank, shunting locomotive, passenger train passing through Shrewsbury station, shunting locomotive No. 7803 into station, Shrewsbury’s Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box filmed in background, shots inside Shrewsbury signal box, signalmen operating levers, Cambrian Coast Express departing station filmed from signal box, Moat Lane junction station, Cambrian Coast train passing by signal box and arriving at station, train departing, Machynlleth station, shots filmed from platform, train passing with Cambrian landscape in background, train led by steam locomotive No. 7313 departing station, two sheep running on parallel tracks adjacent to platform, steam passenger train pulled by No. 82033 departing station, steam passenger train journey through Welsh landscape, Cambrian Express train led by No. 7823 'Hook Norton Manor' steam locomotive arriving at Aberystwyth station, passengers getting off, families, No. 7823 shunted away from station passing near signal box at end of platform. A film made and produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 8 minutes 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'The Cambrian Coast Express'

1962
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
Filmed in 1959 in Scotland. Footage of double headed passenger train with steam locomotives, No. 62496 'Glen Loy' and No. 62471 'Glen Falloch'. Shots taken from the lineside showing the locomotives journey to Fort William, shots taken from driver's window and from window at end of the train, train passing over viaducts, under tunnel, through the Highlands landscape and Scottish country stations, arrival at Fort William, view over the harbour, refilling locomotive's water tank, cleaning locomotive, operations on turntable, locomotives set to depart again, return journey filmed from end of the train. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Two Glens to Fort William'

1959
Filmed in 1959 in France. Footage of the French Express train 'Le Mistral', showing steam locomotive led train and electric train. Steam locomotive with 'Mistral' nameplate on front, at Nice-Ville station, driver and fireman in cab, shots taken from the driver's cab window and inside the cab, train journey along the Mediterranean coast, views of the beach, passing over viaduct, Marseille Saint Charles station, Avignon station, Lyon Perrache station, shots of 'Mistral' electric train, railway level crossing, Macon station, interior shots of kitchen and dining car. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the master film reel, colour (original footage shot by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse) and black and white (footage reused from pre-existing SNCF film), silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Le Mistral: Nice to Paris'

1959
A 35mm slide taken by Tony Ray-Jones for an article on English eccentrics, 'Happy Extremists'. The photograph was published in the 'Sunday Times Magazine', 18 October 1970.

Snowy Farr - "The Original Roadman"

1970
Original 8mm colour footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: Kirby Stephen East Station, Ivatt 2-6-0 locomotive, Standard 3 77002 with passenger train; Brittania at speed, Settle to Carlisle line; Black 5s with passenger train, Princess Royal class with express, , Kirby Stephen East station, fireman at work on footplate, journey to Stainmore Summit; J27 65811 with good strain, marshalling yard, A4 with express passenger service; J27 with Esso tankers, J72 reversing; A3 with passenger train, V3, Newcastle Station, V3 67588; A1 60137 Redgauntlet; A4 60003 Andrew K McCosh with express, A3 60084 Trigo; A4 60034 Lord Faringdon; J72, class 40, K1; 9F 92030 reversing, large yard; Midland Railway 4P Compound 1000 and 9F 92220 Evening Star, stationary; [00:04:15] Perth Station, A4 60034 Lord Faringdon with express; Black 5 45195, Perth station notice prohibiting cycling on the platform; Standard class 5 73153 with passenger train; [00:04:54] Callander Station, Fairburn 2-6-4T 42273 with passenger train; Kings Cross Station, A4 60009 Union of South Africa surrounded by large crowds, travel on East Coast Mainline (ECML), crossing the High Level Bridge, to Newcastle Station, 60009 at Gateshead Shed, class 55 Deltic, train 'Jubilee Requiem 1964' at Newcastle station; Gateshead Shed, V2 60884 under the coaling stage; A1 60124 Kenliworth, class 25; Newcastle, J27 on King Edward VII Bridge with coal train; A3; V2; family in a garden; interior of a shop; [00:08:20] Durham Station, V3 67636, viaduct, travel to Bishop Auckland and West Auckland, B16 61418 with 'SLS Durham Rail Tour' headboard, Port Clarance signal box, train and 61418 at Stockton Station, train to Hartlepool and Newcastle; [00:11:56] sidings, National Coal Board 0-6-0T with steel bodied coal wagons, Q7 63468 with brake van, J94 68054; Q7 63467 with coal train; B1 61216, B1 61199, J27 65805 with Esso tankers; Q6 63352 with brake van at high speed, B1 with passenger train; J94 68011 at engine shed; K1 62048; A3 and driver, viaduct; Durham Station, A3 60040 Cameronian, viaduct; Manors Station, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; footplate of an A4, mainline; [00:15:01] 4F 43960 shunting, station yard; Black 5 45399; Brittania 70012 John of Gaunt at speed, mainline; 4F with goods train; footplate of B16/2 61435 travel on mainline, Northallerton, uncoupling; train towards Hawes, Hawes station, 61435 taking water; women talking, people boarding plane, plane taxiing and taking off; [00:20:12] Newcastle Station, A4 60015 Quicksilver, A3 60076 Galopin; parade with musicians and traction engine in Newcastle; V2 60802; miniature 0-4-0 tank engine, cab and controls; Carlisle Station, Brittania class with passenger train, Princess Coronation class; Royal Scot class with passenger train; two black dogs playing in snow, frozen milk bottles; Newcastle Station, A1 with passenger train; A4 60030 Golden Fleece, class 40, A2/3 60513 Dante; train approaching Berwick, Royal Border Bridge, single track branch line to Eyemouth; people standing by J39/2 64917 at Eyemouth station; [00:26:42] South Shields, car ferry Northumbrian crossing Tyne and return to dock, large vessels, dark interior shots, car ferry Tynemouth on river; V3, suburban train, Newcastle; Standard Class 3 77011 with goods train, rural branch line; interior of house, garden; Drem station, Standard Class 4 tank engine 80007 with passenger train, A2 60538 Velocity, footplate of tank engine; driver closing regulator and braking to stop train; footplate shot, train on branch line to North Berwick; (dark footage); miniature railway; [00:30:42] suburbia, garden; shed, B1 61121, shunting, A4; K1 62035; J50 No 12, sidings; B1 with brake van; A4 60015 Quicksilver; O2/3, mainline; Newcastle Station, A2 60525 A.H. Peppercorn with passenger train, B1 with passenger train [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 3, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 3 of 3)

1960-1982
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 1961 at Seaton Junction station, on the West of England mainline. Footage of traffic passing through the station, including non-stop passenger trains passing through the station, passenger trains stopping and departing, steam locomotive shunting, shots of Seaton Junction station sign, exchange of token, locomotives filmed include No. 30048, 30667, 34071 '601 Squadron', 30845 coupled to 30843, 34068, also shots of diesel electric locomotive, coupling of carriage, semaphore signal. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour (one shot in black and white), silent. Duration: 5 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Seaton Junction'

1961
Filmed in 1960 on Halesowen and Longbridge railway in West Midland, England. Footage of Birmingham New Street station, station sign, steam train with SLS Special board arriving at station, crowd of passengers waiting on platform, photographer on tracks taking pictures of train as it departs the station, train led by steam locomotive No. 58283, footage of train journey with shots from the lineside, trainspotters and passers-by waving at train passing, children waiting on platform for train to arrive, train stopped, passengers getting off onto tracks, crowd gathered on tracks, railwayman fitting SLS special headboard on front of locomotives, photographers, passengers getting back on board, climbing back in from tracks, train departing, journey filmed from lineside, steam locomotives at front and end, shot of diesel multiple unit passing by signal box near Smethwick West station, saddle tank steam engine shunted by signal box, SLS special steam train passing by signal box, DMU passing in opposite direction, steam train arriving at Smethwick West station, Halesowen station sign, driver and fireman talking on stationary No. 58167, SLS special train pulled by No. 58271 locomotive arriving at Halesowen station, passengers running on platform after getting off train, shunting and coupling No. 58167 to end of SLS Special train, train departing, journey filmed from lineside, uncoupling of No. 58167, SLS special train arriving at Longbridge 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.

16mm film, original master 'Halesowen & Longbridge Branch'

1960
Filmed in May 1961 at Marylebone Goods Yard, London. Footage of Marylebone Exhibition held for the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Locomotive Engineers. Footage features the exhibition's entrance arch, vehicles, diesel, electric and steam locomotives exhibited, 1000 Midland Compound, Mallard, No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester, D867 Zenith Warship class, dynamometer car, E3059, D9003, GT3 (English Electric built Gas turbine locomotive), detailed shots inside GT3 driver's cabin, 92220 Evening Star. 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 30 seconds

16mm film, original master 'Marylebone Exhibition'

1961
Filmed in 1960 on the Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire. The film follows the journey of freight on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, including detail shots of shunting and hauling operations at the inclines. Footage of goods train pulled by steam locomotive, signalman at High Peak Junction signal box, railwaymen, various shots of freight and passenger trains filmed from lineside, locomotive 68034 being coupled to goods train, railwayman attaching wagon to cable at first incline, hauling of freight wagons by steel cable on the incline, filmed from lineside and from wagon going up the incline., close-up shots of the cable system, locomotive 47007 at tope of incline being couple with freight wagons and continuing journey, close-up shot of safety notice board for railway staff working on the incline, second incline, wagon attached to cable by railwayman, wagons hauled up and down the incline, refill of locomotive's water tank, locomotive coupled to freight wagons, continuing journey, steam locomotive hauling wagons up incline (single line), signs showing degrees of incline, railwayman operating single line lever. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent. Duration: 8 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Cromford & High Peak Railway'

1960
Original 8mm colour and black and white footage, edited on large 400 feet reel. Silent, filmed between 1960-1982. Duration: 33 minutes. Content: A4 locomotives, junction signal box; BR class 2MT, viaduct; Glen Lyon shunting; BR 2MT, A3, rural Scotland; BR 2MT; BR 3MT, rural branch line, locomotive, brake van, shunting; [00:02:44] Newcastle station (NCL), pilot 68723; LNER V3; Midland Railway No. 1000, Eaglescliffe Station, LNER A1 60121 Silurian; road repairs, road rollers, lorries, period cars; suburbia; Morpeth; Bellingham timetable 23/09/1961; LNER V2; DMU; NCL, LNER A3; LNER V3 67691; LNER A4 60033 Seagull; Darlington, WD 2-8-0 90348, RCTS The East Midlander 13/05/1962; Darlington Shed, SR Schools class 30925 Cheltenham, coaling; LMS 2P 40646, shed; 40646, driver in shed; [00:06:20] Darlington Station, 30925 Cheltenham; railtour 30925 and 40646; NCL, LNER A4 Quicksilver; LNER A3 60080 Dick Turpin; pilot 68736; A1 60119 Patrick Sterling; 60139 Alcazar, class 25 diesel; A4 60017 Silver Fox; East Coast Main Line (ECML); Darlington Station, A4 Silver Fox, DMU; 2MT, goods shed; Newcastle area, LNER J72 69008, A3, A2 60516 Hycilla, Class 03 diesel shunter, Q5 0-8-0 goods train, J27 65858 coal wagons, wooden and steel bodied, V3 2-6-2T passenger train, A1 with tankers, LNER Tyneside Electric Unit, V2 2-6-2 with wagons, A4 60027 Merlin; [00:10:23] NCL, A3 60081; multiple unit in train wash; West Jesmond, Q6 63434 with steel coal wagons; A3 60052 Prince Palatine, J27 and class 03; 60052; J39 64855 passenger train; J39 64938, breakdown train, steam powered crane, support coach; V2; A3 passenger on King Edward VII bridge; B1 goods at King Edward South Junction; 0-6-0; A4 express train; Tyneside Electrics Network (TEN), V1/V3 2-6-2T under bridge; NCL, A3 60071 Tranquil, class 37; V1 67675; Newcastle area, V1/V3 2-6-2T on TEN; [00:12:20] A4 60002 Sir Murrough Wilson uncoupling; A1 60154 Bon Accord express train; V2 60974; A1 60156 Great Central, V3 67690; York, Layerthorpe; platform Derwent Valley Light Railway; lorries, trolley buses, cars; West Jesmond, V1/V3; NCL, J72 68680, single van; V3 67687; V2 60831, A1 60138 Boswell, V2 60896 ; A4 60031 Golden Plover; class 40, A4 60028 Walter K. Whigham; [00:16:13] single track line, child climbing signal post; Dock side station, V3 67683, large cranes; woman at dockside, ships and cranes; A3; Darlington Station, A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley; NCL, J21 0-6-0 65033, snow and ice; class 08 diesel shunter, 0-6-0 locomotives, break van, Darlington power station; [00:18:29] NCL, A1 60129 Guy Mannering; V2 60919, vans; King Edward VII Bridge, A3, ECML; NCL, A B1 4-6-0; A4 60005 Sir Charles Newton; A4 at high speed; A4, motor rail; A4 60025 Falcon; 60895, coal wagons, A4 Silver Fox; J72 0-6-0T 68723 and 69023; A3 60108 Gay Crusader; B1 61338; 60061 Pretty Polly, class 25, J72 goods train; V2 60885; [00:23:09] Tebay Station, Black 5 45070 at high speed, Britannia 70018 Flying Dutchman; Black 5 44874, class 40 D321 double head passenger train; Gateshead Shed; A3 60043 Brown Jack; V3 67651; J26 65769 goods train; A3 60106 Flying Fox; A1 60121 Silurian; Q6 63363 on mainline, break van; [00:25:38] Newcastle, A3 High Level bridge, Swing Bridge; Manors Station, B1; A3, V3 67642, engineers trolley; York Station, K1 62049; Leeds City Station, Jubilee 45697 Achilles parcels train, DMU, Jubilee 45643 Rodney; Keighley Station, 4F 43960; Britannia 70003 John Bungan express; NCL, V2 60916, V3 67691; A1 60142 Edward Fletcher, parcels train; [00:28:17] V3 67651, B1 61307, V2 60922; Q6 63411; Newcastle Corporation buses, trolley buses; NCL; A3 60054 Manna; [00:30:18] York Station, A4 Sir Murrough Wilson; O4 63877; Jubilee, gasometer; Steel Works, WD 2-8-0; Doncaster Station, A1, Pullman coaches, A3; class 08 shunter; York Station, B1 with tankers; A1; [00:31:02] NCL, A4 parcels train; A2 60526 Sugar Palm; A4 60023 Golden Eagle, A4. V2 60887; A3 60053 Sansovino; B1 61219 [end of reel]

Original 8mm amateur film, reel 1, railway footage, North of England and Scotland (reel 1 of 3)

1960-1982