Product Description

BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION

Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May, 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey OBE a founding father of the British documentary movement it became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain.

All these films are now preserved in the bfi National Film and Television Archive. This selection has been digitally remastered for this two-disc set, which is a 'must' not for the documentary aficionado who will recognise traits and innovations in British non-fiction filmmaking.

Disc one

• Berth 24 (1950)
• Peak District (1954)
• Train Driver (1966)
• Give Your Car a Holiday (1967)
• Just the Ticket (1967)
• England's North Country (1978)

Disc two

• Away for the Day (1952)
• They Had an Idea (1953)
• Manhandling (1962)
• Lost, Stolen, Damaged (1964)
• Go As You Please in Britain (1975)
• It Takes All Sorts (1978)
• Just Like the Rest of Us (1983)

UK / 1950-1983 / black and white, and colour / 254 minutes / Ratio 1.33:1

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42778 in DVD
• Brand: BFI VIDEO
• Released on: 2008-12-01
• Rating: Exempt
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 254 minutes