BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION 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 OBE 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 Film and Television Archive. This selection has been digitally remastered for this two-disc set, which is a must not for the documentary aficionado who will recognise traits and innovations in British non-fiction filmmaking. Disc one Operation London Bridge (1975) Wires Over the Border (1974) Groundwork for Progress (1959) Making Tracks (1956) E for Experiment (1975) Modelling for the Future (1961) Britannia A Bridge (1973) Disc two Terminus (1961) Fully Fitted Freight (1957) Farmer Moving South (1952) I am a Litter Basket (1959) The Third Sam People Like Us (1962) A Future on Rail (1957) UK / 1952-1975 / black and white, and colour / 237 minutes / Ratio 1.33:1