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Yesterday’s Britain: Capital Transport

Synopsis
A compilation of four films that show changes in London transport from 1947 - 1983.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2003
Year of production
1947-1983
Notes
Also available on a DVD entitled CAPTIAL TRANSPORT COLLECTION, combined with BUILDING LONDON’S VICTORIA LINE and THE LONDON BUS.
Subjects
History
Keywords
bus services; London; trams; transport; underground railways; archive films

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£14.95
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
50 minutes
Year
2004

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£14.95
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
50 minutes
Year
2004

Sections

Title
Moving millions
Synopsis
A film on post-war London transport, made in 1947 by the Crown Film Unit for the LTPB and shown overseas through the COI. It features the underground and its extenstions, as well as the familiar red bus, trams, trolleybuses and Green Line coaches .

Title
London on the move
Synopsis
Some twenty years after MOVING MILLIONS, British Transport Films wAS commissioned to make an updated version entitled LONDON ON THE MOVE. Now in the swinging sixties,it shows the Victoria Line in action and the first generation Red Arrow buses.

Title
Moving London
Synopsis
In 1983 London Transport made MOVING LONDON a celebration of its fifty years service to the capital. As well as reviewing the past the film looks to the future with new trains and new buses.

Title
Elephant will never forger, The
Synopsis
The most famous British Transport Film of all, recalling the last week of trams in July 1952.

Production Company

Name

British Transport Films

Notes
Some BTF films are distributed by Beulah.
Name

Crown Film Unit

Distributor

Name

Beulah

Web
http://www.eavb.co.uk External site opens in new window
Address
66 Rochester Way
Crowborough
TN6 2DU
Name

Moviemail

Web
https://www.simplyhe.com/3000-moviemail External site opens in new window
Phone
0844 848 2000
Address
Simply Home Entertainment
PO Box 7741
Ringwood
BH24 9FA
UK
Notes
As of December 2016 the Moviemail web presence is incorporated within the Simply Media website

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