British Transport Films: Railways For Ever! (6-Disc DVD Box Set)

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 second volume in a series of 6-disc box sets contains such classics as Journey into Spring, Let’s Go to Birmingham and The Land of Robert Burns, as well as rare gems, including A Place in the Team, An Artist Looks at Churches and The Travolators

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:

• Work in Progress Under the River
• Wash and Brush Up
• A Place in the Team
• Service for Southend
• Diesel Trainride
• Let’s Go To Birmingham
• Reshaping British Railways

Disc Two:

• Forward to First Principles 
• Freight and a city
• Second Nature
• The New Tradition
• Plumb-Loco
• This Year by Rail
• Overture: One-Two-Five

Disc Three:

• Ocean Terminal
• Dodging the Column
• Link Span
• Every Valley
• Journey into Spring
• Between the Tides
• Giant Loa

Disc Four:

• They Take the High Road
• Wild Highlands
• Wild Wings
• An Artist Looks at Churches
• Railways For Ever!
• The Scene from Melbury House
• Age of Invention
• Seaspeed Express

Disc Five:

• North to the Dales
• Yorkshire Sands
• Down to Sussex
• The Land of Robert Burns
• Journey into History
• Midland Country
• The Travolators

Disc Six:

• Journey to the Sea
• London for a Day
• The Beacons and Beyond
• A Desperate Case
• Lancashire Coast
• Golfers in a Scottish Landscape

Note: Previously released in individual volumes.