British Transport Films: A Future on Rail (6-Disc DVD Box Set)

The first volume in a series of 6-disc box sets contains classics as Terminus, Blue Pullman and John Betjeman Goes by Train, as well as lesser-known gems, including Under the River, Cyclists Special and E for Experimental

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

The first volume in a series of 6-disc box sets contains classics as Terminus, Blue Pullman and John Betjeman Goes by Train, as well as lesser-known gems, including Under the River, Cyclists Special and E for Experimental.

This digitally remastered collection is a must for the transport enthusiast and the documentary aficionado alike. It includes a fully illustrated booklet with extensive films notes by BFI curators, and full credits.

Disc One:

• Blue Pullman
• Elizabethan Express
• Train Time
• Rail 150
• The Diesel Train Driver (Part 1 - An Introduction)
• On Track for the Eighties (Rail report 13)
• Cybernetica

Disc Two:

• Under the River
• Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
• This Year - London
• This is York
• The Great Highway
• A Day of One’s Own
• John Betjeman Goes by Train

Disc Three:

• West Country Journey
• A Letter for Wales
• Cyclists Special
• Holiday
• Heart is Highland
• Any Man’s Kingdom

Disc Four:

• Glasgow Belongs To Me
• England of Elizabeth
• Capital Visit
• The Heart of England
• East Anglian Holiday
• The Coasts of Clyde

Disc Five:

• Operation London Bridge
• Wires Over the Border
• Groundwork for Progress
• Making Tracks
• E for Experimental
• Modelling for the Future
• Britannia – A Bridge

Disc Six:

• Terminus
• Fully Fitted Freight
• Farmer Moving South (A Winter Journey)
• I am a Litter Basket
• The Third Sam
• People Like Us
• A Future On Rail