Results

Daring to Be New (1998 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 1999 sale: £17.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Five programmes - The House, The Office, Sport, Art Spaces, Travel - looking at the scope and variety of contemporary architecture in Britain, Japan, the USA, and Europe and examining ways in which social...

DVD Find Other To order

Railways of the Great War

aka: Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 minutes), £3.99

Five part series, in which Conservative politician Michael Portillo marks the centenary of the Great War by discovering the central role the railways played in securing victory, repatriating the dead and...

DVD Find Other To order

Fastline Films 1: Mechanical Signalling (1951)

Subject

Transport

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £24.95

This two-DVD set is the first of a series of films using historic instruction films made by British Transport Films in the 1950s. This is the material with which railwaymen were trained over fifty years...

DVD Find Other To order

Wild West, The (2 Parts) (1995 Video)

Director

Ric Burns

Producer

Lisa Ades; Ric Burns

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 214, 215 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) each volume

A series examining the history of the Native Americans as white Americans moved west in the mid-19th century. The programmes combine archival phogtographs, period paintings and early motion picture footage...

DVD Find Other To order

Off the Rails (1952)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 105 min), £15.99 inclusive

A compilation of 7 films from the British Transport Films collection. Volume 8 in the series

DVD Find Other To order

Betjeman: The Collection (2017)

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 575 minutes), £12.99

Britain’s former Poet Laureate worked closely with the BBC to produce many excellent and informative documentaries. This collection brings together three of Betjeman’s finest series: A PASSION FOR...

DVD Find Other To order

British Transport Films Collection Volume Twelve: The Driving Force (2014)

Subject

Geography; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, British Transport Films was led for 25...

DVD Find Other To order

Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1-3

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1595 minutes), £45.50

In this 11-disc set, Conservative politician Michael Portillo swaps his treasured copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook for its stateside counterpart - an 1879 edition of Appleton’s General Guide to the United...

DVD Find Other To order

This Sceptred Isle - Scotland (1975 Video)

Director

Ronald Craigen; Kenneth Fairbairn; Edward McConnell; Joe Mendoza; James Ritchie; John Taylor

Producer

Edgar Anstey; Lionel Cole; Stewart McAllister

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 116 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...

DVD Find Other To order

Classics, The (1999 Video)

Director

Kenneth Fairbairn; John Rowdon; John Shearman; Tony Thompson

Producer

Edgar Anstey

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 91 min., 1999 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A British Transport Films compilation video made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film unit of the British Transport Commission. All the films were produced by Edgar Anstey.

DVD Find Other To order