Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, British Transport Films was led for the next 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding father of the British documentary movement - and became one of the largest industrial film producers in Britain. Volume ten in this series of double-sets presents a selection of films produced by BTF for London Transport in the post-war period, and explores both the bus and underground networks in documentary classics such as All That Mighty Heart, Under Night Streets and Overhaul, as well as rare gems like Power Signal Lineman and Our Canteens.
Moving Millions (1947, 16 mins): a Central Office of Information film, made by the Crown Film Unit, illustrating the scope of London Transport's activities at their most extensive, including footage of bus, underground, tram and trolleybus operations
Disc 1:
This disc includes the following:
- All That Mighty Heart (1963)
- Our Canteens (1951)
- One for One (1964)
- The Nine Road (1975)
- Cine Gazette No.14: Do You Remember? (1955)
- London on the Move (1970)
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following:
- Under Night Streets (1958)
- Power Signal Lineman (1953)
- Omnibus 150 (1979)
- Cine Gazette No.10 (1951)
- Moving London (1983)
- AFC: Automatic Fare Collection and You (1969)
- Overhaul (1957)
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