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)

• 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.