Learning on ScreenBritish Transport Films Collection Vol. 1: On and off the Rails
- Synopsis
- The first of five double-disc DVD versions of bfi Video’s VHS series THE BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production and distribution unit in 1949. Over a period of 37 years, until its closure in 1986, it made over 700 films promoting travel on Britain’s railways or providing technical instruction.
These films entertain just as much as they inform and will appeal equally to film historians, transport enthusiasts and anyone wishing to catch a glimpse of a Britain rapidly vanishing from the present day.
Disc 1 - On the Rails
BLUE PULLMAN (1960 / Colour / 25mins)
ELIZABETHAN EXPRESS (1954 / Black and white / 20mins)
TRAIN TIME (1952 / Black and white / 28mins)
RAIL 150 (1975 / Colour / 14 mins)
THE DIESEL TRAIN DRIVER (1959 / Black and white / 7 mins)
ON TRACK FOR THE EIGHTIES (1980 / Colour / 15mins)
CYBERNETICA (1972 / Colour / 20 mins)
Disc 2 - Off the Rails
UNDER THE RIVER(1959 / Black and white / 27mins)
SNOWDRIFT AT BLEATH GILL (1955 / Black and white / 10mins)
THIS YEAR - London (1951 / Black and white / 25 mins)
THIS IS YORK (1953 / Black and white / 20 mins)
THE GREAT HIGHWAY (1966 / Colour / 20 mins)
A DAY OF ONE’S OWN (1956 / Black and white / 20mins) - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 1951-1980
- Documentation
- A booklet containing an introduction and film notes by BTF historian Steven Foxon accompanies the discs.
- Subjects
- History; Media studies
- Keywords
- British Transport Films; social history; transport; archive films
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 261 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Sections
- Title
- Blue Pullman
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Title
- Elizabethan Express
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Title
- Train Time
- Duration
- 28 mins
- Title
- Rail 150
- Duration
- 14 mins
- Title
- Diesel Train, The
- Duration
- 7 mins
- Title
- On Track for the Eighties
- Duration
- 15 mins
- Title
- Cybernetica
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Title
- Under the River
- Duration
- 27 mins
- Title
- Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
- Duration
- 10 mins
- Title
- This Year - London
- Duration
- 25 mins
- Title
- This is York
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Title
- Great Highway, The
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Title
- Day of One’s Own, A
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Title
- John Betjeman goes by Train
- Duration
- 10 mins
Production Company
- Name
British Transport Films
- Notes
- Some BTF films are distributed by Beulah.
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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