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BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION
Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May, 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey OBE a founding father of the British documentary movement it became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain.
All these films are now preserved in the bfi National Film and Television Archive. This selection has been digitally remastered for this two-disc set, which is a 'must' not for the documentary aficionado who will recognise traits and innovations in British non-fiction filmmaking.
Disc one
- Work in Progress (1951)
- Wash and Brush Up (1953)
- A Place in the Team (1953)
- Service for Southend (1957)
- Diesel Trainride (1959)
- Let's Go to Birmingham (1962)
- Reshaping British Railways (1963)
Disc two
- Forward to First Principles (1966)
- Freight and a City (1966)
- Second Nature (1967)
- The New Tradition (1968)
- Plumb-Loco (1971)
- This Year by Rail (1972)
- Overture: One-Two-Five (1978)
UK / 1951-1978 / black and white, and colour / 247 minutes / Ratio 1.33:1
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The films included in this edition are, Work In Progress (1951), Wash & Brush Up (1953), A Place in the Team (1953), Service to Southend (1957), Diesel Train Ride (1959), Let's Go To Birmingham (1962), Reshaping British railways (1963), Forward to First Priciples (1966), Freight and a City (1966), Second Nature (1967), The New Tradition (1968), Plumb-Loco (1971), This Year by rail (1972) & Overture: One Two Five (1978)
Wash & Brush Up is a fascinating look at the maintenance required by a steam engine after 16 days of use, Service to Southend is a film on the electrification of the route, Reshaping BR is Beeching explaining his hatchet job on BR.
Personally I prefer the older films where you can see roads devoid of traffic and a more gentle pace of life. The colour films of the 60's & early 70's take me back to my childhood before the the BR diesels turned corporate blue.
Why do the drivers of the Blue Pullmans looks like ice cream van drivers?
Wash & Brush Up is a fascinating look at the maintenance required by a steam engine after 16 days of use, Service to Southend is a film on the electrification of the route, Reshaping BR is Beeching explaining his hatchet job on BR.
Personally I prefer the older films where you can see roads devoid of traffic and a more gentle pace of life. The colour films of the 60's & early 70's take me back to my childhood before the the BR diesels turned corporate blue.
Why do the drivers of the Blue Pullmans looks like ice cream van drivers?
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
The wonderful nostalgic series continues. This isn't just for railway enthusiasts but for anyone interested in nostalgic British life. Picture quality is wonderful as usual and it's all been put together lovingly. The collection of films here is a more interesting mix than previous volumes.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Volume 4 of the BFI's excellent series continues with 2 more DVDs largely consisting of changing railway operations from the 50s to the 70s. I won't repeat the list of films already supplied by VC10 1103. Suffice to say Wash & Brush Up (1953), Diesel Train Ride (1959), Forward to First Principles (1966), Freight and a City (1966) and Second Nature (1967) are my favourites.
Easily the worst film is Reshaping British Railways (1963). In the film Dr Richard Beeching talks about the cuts planned for British Rail. Apparently intended to be shown to BR staff, it's filmed in flat direct to camera style with illustrative inserts. However the historical interest is considerable showing the man and the message as he wanted.
The most entertaining film is Diesel Trainride. A family take a ride on a new branch line Diesel Multiple Unit of the type nearly made extinct by Beeching. The children make some amusingly observed comments to the accompaniment of a jazzy music score from the composer Edwin Astley.
The most substantial and informative film is Forward to First Principles in which Professor Jack Simmons explains how the new British Railways policy of permanent freight train formations is a reversion to the original methods of freight handling when railways began in the 18th century.
Easily the worst film is Reshaping British Railways (1963). In the film Dr Richard Beeching talks about the cuts planned for British Rail. Apparently intended to be shown to BR staff, it's filmed in flat direct to camera style with illustrative inserts. However the historical interest is considerable showing the man and the message as he wanted.
The most entertaining film is Diesel Trainride. A family take a ride on a new branch line Diesel Multiple Unit of the type nearly made extinct by Beeching. The children make some amusingly observed comments to the accompaniment of a jazzy music score from the composer Edwin Astley.
The most substantial and informative film is Forward to First Principles in which Professor Jack Simmons explains how the new British Railways policy of permanent freight train formations is a reversion to the original methods of freight handling when railways began in the 18th century.
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