Publisher: British Transport Films (BTF)
Regions: Region 2
Format: Black & white and colour
Language: English
Running time: 247 minutes
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 24 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding father of the British documentary movement - it became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain.
An issue from BTFs archive collection with fourteen films on two discs recorded at various times from 1951 to 1978. Presented are:
Work in Progress
Wash and Brush Up
A Place in the Team
Service for Southend
Diesel Train Ride
Let's Go to Birmingham
Reshaping British Railways
Forward to First Principles
Freight and a City
Second Nature
The New Tradition
Plumb-Loco
This Year by Rail
Overture
One-Two-Three