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800 feet metal canister, Colour, Silent footage. First shots taken at a railway station, shots from platform, locomotive approaching, fiited with 'SLS Special' plate ; 4079 Pendennis Castle (GWR) ; also locomotives 4555 and 3690 filmed ; shots taken on board moving steam train, passing by a signal box, on bridge, trainspotters seen on the lineside and on pantographs ;passing H--field station (?) , Talyllyn station (?) Cut, film not splices - Filming on board steam ride ; at a station locomotive 4079 fitted with plates Z48 Ian Allan Rail Tour, further shots taken on board, passing through unidentified station, along the coast ; Various landscapes ; locomotive 46251 City of Nottingham passing pulling maroon livery coaches ; then locomotive 44255 ; more on board train footage Leader - On board moving train footage, passing Adlestrop station (closed to passenger traffic in 1966) ; locomotive 7029 departing from a station, without carriages, fitted with plates 'X20' Ian Allan Rail Tour ; footage on board moving train window view ; Cut, film not spliced - On board moving train footage ; 7029 Glen Castle stationary at station, fitted with X20 Ian Allan Rail Tour ; (splice) shots taken at sunset, train passing shot from lineside

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways'

1965-1966
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 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
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 900ft, a corresponding magnetic sound reel exists within the collection

16mm Film Reel 'Age of Steam'

1960-1985
Filmed in 1962, on PO-Correze, a former French narrow gauge (metre-gauge) railways in Central France. 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.

16mm film, original master 'French Narrow Gauge (PO Correze)'

1962
16mm film in cardboard case, approximatley 10 feet of silent colour film. Handwritten on label: Vale of Neath Railway ? Shot showing a steam train passing on a viaduct, village in the background on the other end of the viaduct

Original 16mm amateur film 'Vale of Neath Railway Viaduct'

circa 1960
Original 16mm amateur colour silent films, made by Glyn Thomas between 1962 and 1986. The railway footage were taken during journeys with ‘Ian Allan Rail Tours’ and last steam train trips on lines due to be closed as a consequence of the Beeching cuts, especially in England and Wales (Vales of Neath Railway; Cynheidre) – not all the locations were identified. Other films were shot abroad: a cruise on a P&O steamship, departing from Southampton for Rio de Janeiro with scenes shot at the ports of calls Salvador, Dakar, Senegal; footage taken in South England and France (including a railway station); aerial shots taken through planes’ windows, and footage of Sydney (Australia) and Gibraltar.

Original 16mm amateur films of railways, travel abroad and steamship

1962-1986
Filmed in 4 June 1961 following the road transport of Caerphilly Castle locomotive from the North of London (Park Royal/Old Oak Commons) to the Science Museum in South Kensington. Footage taken at British Railways Western Region Park Royal Goods depot, locomotive No. 4073 'Caerphilly Castle' hauled by a Pickford's Scammell Junior Constructor lorry, close-up shots of locomotive on low-loading trailer, lorry convoy slowly exiting Park Royal Goods Depot, footage of the slow journey of the locomotive and the tender hauled separately by another Pickford's Scammell Junior Constructor, through the streets of London, with workmen standing at the back of the trailer behind the locomotive, shots of traffic with convoy passing, passer-by observing the convoy, men helping direct lorry drivers, arrival of locomotive and tender at the Science Museum. 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: 7 minutes

16mm film, original master 'Caerphilly Castle in London'

1961
There are two separate films assembled to be projected in training sessions. The first film is ‘The Deltic Locomotive’, produced by Napier Film Production around 1960. Colour film with optical soundtrack. This is an incomplete version of the film, focusing on the replacement of the engine unit, as there are splices directly in the print, likely made to shorten the film’s duration and focus on sequences relevant to training. The film starts with a Deltic locomotive in blue livery arriving at a maintenance shed or workshop. The locomotive is partially dismantled, one of the Napier Deltic engine is removed, a new engine is mounted, the connections are remade. The film includes wide shots of locomotive in the shed and many close-up shots of locomotive parts and workers dismantling or fitting in the parts. The engine shed workers are wearing white overalls. The film ends with the locomotive leaving the shed. Approximate duration: 6 minutes The second film ' Diesel Power on British Railways (Excerpts from British Transport Films)' is a film produced by British Transport Films in 1965. The film illustrates the range of diesel engine use on British Railways (freight, passenger transports), listing the benefits of diesel in comparison to steam locomotives, with emphasis on the cooperation between the railways and the locomotive manufacturing industry. The film concludes that diesel power on British Railways is building an economic, efficient and modern railway for Britain. Approximate duration: 6 minutes

16mm film, print, two films ‘The Deltic Locomotive’ and ‘Diesel Power on British Railways’

1960-1965
Filmed in 1959 in York. Footage shows York station, York control room, details shots of the equipment in the electrical control room and operations, footage demonstrating impacts of control commands on tracks and signals they operates. 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 'York Signal Box'

1959
Filmed in 1959 in Italy. The film shows the high-speed train 'Il Settebello', electric train of the Italian State Railways in service between Milano and Roma. Footage at the engine shed, maintenance on the Settebello, wheel pit under the train, wheel tightening, interior shots of staff setting up the seats, pantograph, exterior shots of the observation car. Exterior and interior footage of Roma Termini station, porters and passengers crowd inside station, station cafe and shops, streets at night around the station, daytime shots of other trains in station. Settebello departing from station, interior footage with passengers in the observation car, landscape from inside the observation car, kitchen staff, driver and driver's cab, railway staff working on tracks whilst train is passing by, service and passengers in dining car, passenger cars. A film produced by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for Railway Roundabout BBC TV. First broadcast on 13 July 1959 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), black and white, silent. Duration: 9 minutes

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'The Italian "Settabello"'

1959
16mm film on 100 feet plastic reel, approximatley 50 feet of colour silent film. Night shots of steam locomotives ; several feet of black/dark frames and leader

Original 16mm amateur film 'Dark Railways'

circa 1960
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
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
This is a colour print (show copy) compiling three films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV programme, 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 'Adams Tank on the Lyme Regis Branch' (Adams Tanks), 'Swindon Engines' and 'The 'Cambrian Coast' Express'

1960-1962
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
800 feet plastic canister, colour, silent footage. Shots in port/harbour/docks (Southampton or Liverpool? - Liverpool boats Alexandra', 'Wallasey'), lock entrance to docks ; ferries ; sunset filmed om board of a boat ; group of men and women on board a ferry/cruise ship, filming coast (Ireland? Isle of Man? Other?) , shot of a Thoresen Car ferry (Thoresen Car Ferries 1964-1968 - Southampton-Cherbourg) on sea (Splice) Small group of people, getting on board of small boat (Milford-on-sea - "Pembroke Petrel Milford" on boat) , waving at camera, following shots taken on board of small boat, filming sea, and the other boat (Splice) Public gathering in town, orchestra, religious/official celebration, with religious procession, bandstand in parc, people making speeches under bandstand, Welsh, UK and USA flags ; 2 boys playing next to a white street lamp with Rotary International logo on it, female Lord mayor (wearing chains?) giving speech (Splice) Shots taken through plane's window, aerial view of coast (France?); people next to Paris airport bus ; shots taken on French motorway (filmed from copilote point of view) , then in town's street ; views at a city (Paris?), shot from roof or building's window, group of people in town ; shots of cyclist race, filmed on side of road, group of women talking with a French police officer (countryside) ; ruins of castle/ancient stone building, group of men and women talking, GB car with registration DVX285B ; group of men and women on platform at Moulins station, filmed from platform, steam locomotive arriving ; filmed from on board the train, people on platform waving goodbye at camera as train start moving ; shots inside wating room, sign ' channel', maybe on board Channel ferry ; shots of beach, coast, (Splice) waves, cliffs, man with binoculars on top of cliff next to filmaker ; sunset filmed on board of boat ; women and man on a house/hotel terrace, women talking, one knitting ; women in hats and men in siuits walking along promenade near beach seaside, peir in the background (Eastbourne?) ; orchestra, soldier parade in Chichester (marching down from Chichester cross - market cross) ; Navy orchestra in harbour/port/dock (likely Southampton), harbour, ferry/ship gate (P&O), ferry, boats (Brokenhurst, Sir Bevois Southampton), rail in the docks, ship "Iberia London" (Ocean liner, mostly London-Sydney through Suez canal - from 1968 Southampton-Sydney; also trip to Pacific ocean - taken out of service in 1972, scrapped in 1973) ; shots taken on british roads, countryside, view from copilote seat ; river, man picking up stones and throughing them in the river

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways and ships'

circa 1960-circa 1970
16mm 100 feet plastic reel with approximately 20 feet of silent colour film. Possibly cuts/outs, end of reels/faded cuts. Child on a street 'Goss Drive' ; Two person in a field with a dog ; shot taken on top of a steam locomotive

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways'

circa 1960-circa 1970
16mm colour, silent film. 100 feet plastic reel. First shots taken outside a cocktail bar (sign on door - Victorian building/house), people and a red car driving away, 'Newcastle-Cardiff' written on the dust of the car ; few feet of dark/black ; shot of a baby (blurry/fizzy footage) ; shot of locomotoive 7029, with Ian Allan Rail Tour plate fitted on front of locomotive and 'X20' at station, then shot from on board moving train, filmed through window, landscape

Original 16mm amateur film 'Railways and Trips'

circa 1960
Filmed in 1958 at York station, North Yorkshire, England. Footage of York station, group of teenagers sat on station bench, steam passenger trains passing through station, arriving and departing, footage includes shots of teh following locomotives: class A4 No. 60021 Wild Swan, another class A4, No. 68677. Footage of Railway Museum on Queen street, indoor shots showing stationary locomotives on exhibit, children and teenager visiting the museum. Shots of York station, young trainspotters with notebooks sat on station bench, steam locomotives pulling passenger trains departing or arriving at station, including No. 61447, No. 60893, No. 92142, family with two young children sat waiting on bench, poster 'It's quicker by train' in background, diesel multiple unit (DMU), passenger trains pulled by No. 60132, No. 62059, No. 60505, No. 60511, No. 60524, shunt of No.65677. 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 'Trains at York'

1958
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.

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

Original 16mm colour footage, filmed and edited by Dr Charles Waine, around 1960-1965. According to a note by the filmmaker, the footage was shot at 16 fps and 24 fps. Most of the shots are taken from the lineside or from a bridge looking over the tracks, and features steam trains. Some shots show permanent way workers and track laying work. 200 feet of footage on 400 feet reel. Approximately 8 minutes.

Original 16 mm film 'Railway: Western region. Albrighton, Hatton junction. Remainder Albrighton-Codsall. Track laying etc. 1960 to about 1965'

1960-1965
800 feet metal reel, colour, silent footage. Reel starts with aerial shots of Sydney, Australia (view of Sydney Opera House - start of construction 1959, completed in 1973) ; black frames ; sunrise or sunset/night shots ; window view on board of train ; airport with Austrian Airlines planes ; shots taken through plane window showing sun, clouds and montains ; various views of Syndney shot from street level, Syndey bridge, including shots from parc behind Opera House showing cranes (Opera in construction), street/road view ; in parc ; shots through plane window, landing and taking off (leaving Sydney?) Part 2 (after white leader): shots taken in Gibraltar, streets, views of the sea, house/architecture ; street, man with snakes (snake charmer?) ; shots taken from boat, filming Gilbraltar from sea ; Part 3 (film cut, no splice): Gilbraltar, view from sea/boat ; Cliff on Gibraltar, monkeys, group of people looking at a monkey Part 4 (film cut, no splice): shot taken through plane window, Gilbratar landing? ; BEA (British European Airways) plane at airport, group of people gathering ; shots of a hotel ; group of pople (tourist) visit Gibraltar (streets) ; Part 5 (film cut, no splice): railway, filmed from lineside, locomotive 1665 passing, hauling carriages, with people travelling inside opened freight wagons ?; shots taken on board train, window view plus view at back of the train of single line tracks

Original 16mm amateur film 'Australia, BEA Gibraltar, Railway Cynheidre'

circa 1960-circa 1970
Collection of Air Raid Precaution films (ARP) made by the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and part of the wider collection of films gathered and made by British Railway Research Centre, Derby. 19 pieces of film railways in wartime etc. according to a list from 1976. Only 10 film reels, however it is likely some of the pieces of films were compiled together on a same film reel.

Collection of ARP Films

1940-1944
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 300ft, Compete edited with soundtrack; corresponding sound reel

16mm Film Reel 'Crewe Motive Power Depot'

1960-1985
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 900ft, a corresponding magnetic sound reel exists within the collection

16mm Film Reel 'Steam in the Sixties Part 2 of 2'

1960-1985
800 feet plastic canister, colour, silent footage. Reel starts with shots taken in Southampton, filmed from slightly high view points, different angle, city, roofs, church, factory Montague L. Meyer Ltd Timber ; a coast filmed from a boat/ship, 2 women and a man on a ship, shots of coasts with mountains in background ; shot in harbour ship 'Hanseatic'sailing ; group of people/tourist on little boats ; shot in hotel/building court (spinish style and spanish sign plus one in english: wine tasting) shots in city, streets, palm trees ; Few feet of leader ; shots in busy streets, tourist, man walking, woman taking pictures, small harbour ; shot of a safety boat lifted on ship ; people sunbathing on bridge of cruise ship ; passing by desertic coast, then populated coast ; panorama of coast with a funicular, people getting of ship, with sign '29 lines, Arcadia, Salvador, 20 May 1968', Salvadorian port, fishermen, local life, tourists hotel, shots taken from high window/point, overview of city, coast ; shots taken from moving car, landscapes ; Splice ; filmed from cruise ship, toursits, sunset on sea ; panorama of Rio de Janeiro (?) ; few feet of leader ; different shots of city, streets filmed from moving car , Rio de Janeiro (war memorial), motorway, tunnel, telepheric to a mountain top ; different panoramic views of Rio (Christ statue) ; Splice ; shots taken from moving car ; waterfall, mountain, Rio de Janeiro ; shots on cruise ship, animation for tourist, show, people throwing other in the ship's pool ; shots on land, Dakar/Senegal (Clairafrique bookshop, chambre de commerce...) different shots on street, local population and tourist from cruise ; further shots of coast ; shots on ship of arrival at Southampton docks ; shots taken from moving car passing Stonehenge site

Original 16mm amateur film 'Ships'

1968
400 feet cardboard case, colour, silent footage. Window views filmed on board of moving train ; shots of tunnel, bridges (passing on top, filming below), landscape ; locomotive 6660 passing ; Trelewis Halt station ; shots taken from roof of locomotive, on single line viaduct, filming down toward the town under viaduct ; locomotive 4157 stationnary in station ; 6000 (King George V) passing filmed from lineside, other people watching ; 6000 passing through landscape

Original 16mm amateur film 'Vale of Neath'

1986-11-04
16mm film approximately 20 feet of silent colour film. Handwritten on label: Fuzzy film. Different bits of films, Orchestra outdoor. White/clear film with no image printed

Original 16mm amateur film 'Fuzzy Film'

circa 1960
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 250ft, written on canister-The James Watt anniversary lecture at Greenwich. Written on reel- sound on tape 27

16mm Film Reel 'Sir Nigel Gresley'

1960-1985
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
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
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 700ft, written on reel-Flying Scotsman. Separate sound reel.

16mm Film Reel 'Stormy Weather Sequences'

1960-1985
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 1000ft,separate corresponding sound reel.

16mm Film Reel 'Steam in the Sixties Part 1 of 2'

1960-1985
16 mm film, black & white, silent. Footage of Lion and the Coronations (LMS Coronation Class streamlined 'Coronation' 6220 and LMS 'Coronation' 25348 George V class), assembled for the shooting of the LMS publicity film ‘Coronation Scot’, plus further shots of A4’s assembled for publicity shooting. Filmed in a personal capacity by either Frederick Morley or Ernest Beavor, who both worked for Fox Photography during publicity shooting.

16 mm film reel, footage of Lion and the Coronations

1936
This is a print (show copy) compiling three or four films made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1958 and 1962. The title '15" Gauge Railways' compiles two titles broadcast separately: '15" Gauge Railways' and 'Stapleford Miniature Railway', broadcast seperately. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'A Day at Shrewsbury Station', 'Western Region Engines' and '15" Gauge Railways'

1958-1961
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. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'The Birth of a Cuneo', 'The Midland Pullman', 'Viaduct Inspection Unit' and 'Thornaby Motor Power Depot'

1959-1961
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. First broadcast on 16 March 1960 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'Le Mistral: Nice to Paris'

1959
7 16mm film reels, according the information on some of the film cardboard boxes, the films were likely made by the British Railways Executive Research Engineering Division in Derby and possibly BRER, Liverpool Street station. 3 films feature test on tracks filmed apparently via a hole in the floor of a wagon or carriage. These 3 films seem to be part of a same series of test. 1 film features track laying with machine and railway workers. 1 film (negative) may represent Barking station and/or Paddington according note on the cardboard (construction of Barking station booking hall in 1959-1961?), also features electric trains/electrified lines. 1 film features work on a bridge. 1 film (negative) shows an overhead water tank or coal hopper.

16mm film reels of railway research footage

1950-1960
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 300ft, silent.

16mm Film Reel 'Shildon Static Exhibition'

1960-1985
Filmed in 1961 on the Chemin de fer du Vivarais, a heritage railway and tourist attraction in the South of France. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. This is the original master film reel, colour, silent.

16mm film, original master 'Reseau du Vivarais (France)'

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
Filmed in 1960 on the railways in Finland. Footage of static locomotives in railway yard, Finnish railways locomotive No. 1000 on turntable, railway staff cleaning locomotive No. 1004 ash box wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), railwayman checking wheels, two railwaywomen cleaning a locomotive, exterior shot of Helsinki station, shots of platform 3 with sign for 15:05 Express train to Rovaniemi, close-up shots of carriages, passengers boarding, shots of dinning car and kitchen, with female staff, railwayman couple locomotive to carriage, shots of driver and fireman, train departing station led by locomotive No. 1004, shots from inside the driver's cab and lineside shots of train passing, Saaksjarvi station, train stopping at Tampere station, uncoupling steam locomotive 1004, exterior and interior shots of sleeping car (makuuvaunu sovvagn), coupling of diesel locomotive No. 1954 (VR Class Hr11) to carriages, railway porter loading goods on train, train departing station, night shot of train. Railway men and women working on locomotive in yard, maintenance and cleaning, steam locomotives No.750 and 751 (VR Class Hv4), coupling, train departing station, shots from driver's cab, passing through forest, Rovaniemi station, exterior and interior shots of diesel multiple units (DMU) No. 4064 to Kemijärvi, conductor checking ppassengers’tickets on board. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 21 September 1960 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'A Journey from Helsinki to the Arctic Circle' (Finland)

1960
This film features the 'Bristolian 473' train led by No. 7018 'Drysllwyn Castle' locomotive at Bristol Temple Meads station. It includes footage showing on board staff, conductors, mechanics, kitchen staff, driver as well as passengers. Interior shots of the restaurant car, passenger cars and locomotive's cab. A film made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. First broadcast on 17 June 1958 on BBC Television. This is a print (show copy), black and white, silent. Duration: 7 minutes

16mm film, print, Railway Roundabout film 'The Bristolian in the days of steam' (The Bristolian)

1958
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 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: Black 5, Diesel Multiple Unit Castle, Hall, King Arthur, A1 and A3 class locomotives.

1955-1965
This is a print (show copy) compiling two films believed to have been made for Railway Roundabout BBC TV, by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and broadcast on BBC TV between 1958 and 1962, 'Royal Train' may not have been broadcast. 'Hayling Island Branch' is part of 'Three Branch Lines' film. For details about content, see catalogue record of 16mm original master for specific title.

16mm film, print, compilation of Railway Roundabout films 'Hayling Island Branch' and 'Royal Train'

1958
16mm film, approximately 20 feet of colour silent film. Different bits of films; Blurred unidentified image (people? Trip?); Shots of English village, on sides of a road, pubs, hotel, shops

Original 16mm amateur film 'Blurred Film'

circa 1960
16mm master print reel, filmed by Kenneth Oldham. Approximately 900ft, a corresponding magnetic sound reel exists within the collection

16mm Film Reel 'Thoroughbreds of Steam Part 1 of 5'

1960-1985
‘Assembly of diesel locomotives’ at Vulcan foundry on 23 February 1962, based on information on leaders at the beginning of film, no titles on the film. Black and white film rushes (no edits, raw camera footage), no sound. The film starts with an outdoor sequence showing a EU06 class electric locomotive built for the Polish State Railway PKP pulled by a Pickfords road truck. A banner on the locomotive reads ‘300 Volts DC 2800 HP locomotive for Polish State Railways built by Associated Electrical Industries Limited, The English Electric Co. Ltd, Vulcan Foundry. The locomotive is taken away, transported by road. The rest of the footage on the reel is filmed inside Vulcan Works at Newton-Le-Willow. Footage shows wide range of metal work on diesel engines, several shells of locomotives are being worked being built at the same time, assembled diesel engines are transported across the works on a gantry crane to be fitted in locomotive body, wide shots of the works are taken from the crane. Footage also shows making and assembly of larger and smaller parts, assembly of engine parts, the different activities, specialist workers and machines at work (soldering, calibrating, cutting metal, machining). The film also features safety signs (large ‘Protect your eyes’ message on the gantry crane) and personal protective equipment worn by the workers. Information on leader 1 (handwritten): Vulcan No. 9 assembly of diesel locos (handwritten on leader). Information on leader 2 (printed from previous negative element, likely the original rushes): ‘NR Inds Engineering. Vulcan Foundry 23/02/1962’. Total duration: approximately 14 minutes

16mm film, print, ‘Assembly of diesel locomotives’

1962-02-23