DVD Box Set - British Transport Films Vol. 15 - Life On The Line - BFI

DVD Box Set

Title:	British Transport Films Vol. 15 - Life On The Line
Publisher:	BFI
Country:	UK
Format:	DVD Box Set
Date:	4 Dec 2023
Region Code:	None
Classification:	E
Barcode:	5035673009796
Cat#:	BFIVD979
Genre:	Documentary, History, Transport
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
Price Guide:	$15
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British Transport Films Vol. 15: Life on the Line (2 x DVD)
Director: Various

Britain’s nationalised railway of the 1970s was shaping up to be
a very different operation from that which it had started in the
late 1940s. So too was the film unit of the railway - British
Transport Films. Exciting times were ahead, the Channel
Tunnel was back on the drawing board, Electrification would
get the nation through an oil crisis and the futuristic tilting
Advanced Passenger Train was coming to fruition.

As BTF moved away from theatrical cinema distribution their
production values remained visually beautiful to look at; a
simple consignment from A to B or a promotion for hire cars
could still be as visually exciting as the latest streamlined
express passenger service, yet the films of BTF were now
targeted at smaller audience groups with measurable results.
16mm had taken over from 35mm production, its reduced
costs and high quality remained the norm for regular production
work. Video production was creeping in too and throughout the
1970s, BTF had been pioneers in video production with their
own dedicated video department. BTF, just like British Rail,
was ready to head into the 1980s.

The Films
Disc 1: Multiple Aspects (1969, 20mins), Top Levels of
Transport (1969, 15 mins), A Tale Out of School (1969, 25
mins), Our Business is Moving (1970, 15 mins), A Day with
SELNEC (1972, 23 mins), Sea Road to Britain (1974, 20
mins), Keep Your Business Moving (1977, 7 mins),

Disc 2: The Kowloon Connection (1979, 17 mins), Life on the
Line (1979, 16 mins), Who's in Charge? (1980, 17 mins),
TOPS for Industry (1981, 13 mins), Round Trip to Glasgow
(1982, 14 mins), Robbie - Overhead Lines (1986, 13 mins),
Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way (1986, 23 mins)

Extras
Kings of the Road (1986, 11 mins)
Illustrated booklet with new writing on all of the films by BFI
curator and BTF expert Steven Foxon and post-war transport
historian

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