Rent British Transport Films Collection: Going Places Fast (1983)
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9h 24min
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- Synopsis:
- 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 father of the British documentary movement - and became one of the largest industrial film units in Britain. The fourth volume in a series of 6-disc box sets 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'.
- Actors:
- Hilary Mason, Douglas Cameron, Tim Matthews, David Firth, Frank Middlemass
- Directors:
- R.K. Neilson-Baxter, Richard Kilburn, Richard Bigham, Tony Thompson, Nick Nicholls, Ralph Keene, C. David Lochner, Rob Lansdown, Bob Privett
- Producers:
- Edgar Anstey, John W. Shepherd, Ian Ferguson, Lionel Cole, Barry Coward
- Voiced By:
- Leslie Dwyer, J.B. Holmes
- Narrated By:
- Douglas Cameron, John Slater, Tim Matthews, David Firth, Frank Middlemass, J.B. Holmes
- Writers:
- Paul Le Saux, Norman Prouting, Bob Phillips, Lionel Cole
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Documentaries
