British Transport Films Volume Six: The Art of Travel

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 – 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 Archive. This selection has been digitally remastered for this two-disc, which is a ‘must’ not just for the transport enthusiast, but also for the documentary aficionado who will recognise traits and innovation in British non-fiction filmmaking.

Disc one

• North to the Dales (1962)
• Yorkshire Sands (1955)
• Down to Sussex (1964)
• The Land of Robert Burns (1956)
• Journey into History (1952)
• Midland Country (1974)
• The Travolators (1961)

Disc two

• Journey to the Sea (1952)
• London for a Day (1962)
• The Beacons and Beyond (1979)
• A Desperate Case (1958)
• Lancashire Coast (1957)
• Golfers in a Scottish Landscape (1971)