British Transport Films Collection Two: Railways For Ever! [6-Disc DVD Set]

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THE BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION: TWO RAILWAYS FOR EVER! (6-DISC DVD Set) Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, British Transport Films was led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding her of the British documentary movement - and became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain. The second volume in a series of 6-disc box sets contains 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. Films 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 Load 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 UK | 1951 - 1980 | black & white, and colour | English language 763 minutes | DVD9 x 6 | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 PAL DVD | Cert: E