Description
British Transport Films:
Going Places FAST 6-DVD Box Set
Following 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 founding father of the British documentary movement. It became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain.
This box set presents a selection of films produced by BTF for London Transport in the post-war period, including construction of the Victoria Line. It also contains films on the new services offered by British Transport during the same period, such as The Future Works and Partners in Prosperity.
Disc One:
All That Mighty Heart / Our Canteens / One for One / The Nine Road / Cine Gazette No.14: Do You Remember? / London on the Move
Disc Two:
Under Night Streets / Power Signal Lineman / Omnibus 150 / Cine Gazette No. 10 / Moving London / AFC: Automatic Fare Collection and You / Overhaul / Moving Millions
Disc Three:
Experiment Under London / The Victoria Line Report No. 1: Over and Under / The Victoria Line Report No 2: Down and Along / The Victoria Line Report No 3: Problems and Progress
Disc Four:
The Victoria Line Report No 4: Equip and Complete / The Victoria Line Report No 5: London’s Victoria Line / A Hundred Years Underground / The Queen Opening the Victoria Line
Disc Five:
Bridge of Song / Joe Brown at Clapham / Diesel Power on British Railways / Sixth Rail Report: The Good Way to Travel / The Driving Force / Speedrail to the South / Contact with the Heart of England
Disc Six:
Freight Flow / The Future Works / Going Places Fast / Partners in Prosperity / Creating a Diversion / Inter-City 1250 / Belief in the Future
