British Transport Films Volume Ten: London on the Move

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.

British Transport Films Volume 10, London on the Move, marks a most welcome return for the BFI’s celebrated and best-selling DVD series, and marks a shift in focus onto travel in the nation’s capital.

Bringing together a number of fascinating and informative films themed around London Transport, this extensive 2-DVD set explores travel on the trams, buses and tube trains which have carried millions of visitors and residents alike around London every year.

Disc one

  • All that Mighty Heart (1963)
  • Our Canteens (1951)
  • One for One (1964)
  • Cine Gazette No.14: Do You Remember? (1955)
  • The Nine Road (1975)
  • London on the Move (1970)

Disc two

  • 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)

Format

DVD  

Special features

  • Moving Millions (1947, 15 mins): A Central Office of Information film made by the Crown Film Unit in 1947 illustrating the scope of London Transport activities at their most extensive including bus, underground, trams and trollybuses.
  • Fully illustrated booklet.

Credits

Year

1947, 1983

Country

United Kingdom

Buying options

Product information

Certificate

Exempt

Colour

Colour and Black/white

DVD region

  • 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories

Catalogue number

BFIVD894