A descendant of the British sponsored documentary tradition, British Transport Films was established in 1949 to focus a spotlight on transport as a Nationalised undertaking, to create an appetite for travel and to entice the public to use nationalised transport. Over a period of more than 35 years, BTF produced an unrivalled documentary film legacy for generations of film and transport enthusiasts.

This new 2-disc Blu-ray compilation gathers together 21 films representing the cream of the celebrated BTF collection. Classics including John Schlesinger’s Terminus (1961) have all been newly digitally remastered to 2K from original film materials by the BFI, whilst Geoffrey Jones’ legendary homage to progress, Rail (1967) has been restored in 4K by the BFI National Archive.

Remastered films include:

Farmer Moving South (1952, 17 mins)
Train Time (1952, 30 mins)
This is York (1953, 21 mins)
Elizabethan Express (1954, 20 mins)
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955, 10 mins)
Any Man's Kingdom (1956, 21 mins)
Fully Fitted Freight (1957, 20 mins)
Every Valley (1957, 20 mins)
A Future on Rail (1957, 9 mins)
Between the Tides (1958, 21 mins)
A Letter for Wales (1960, 22 mins)
They Take the High Road (1960, 24 mins)
Blue Pullman (1960, 24 mins)
Terminus (1961, 35 mins)
The Third Sam (1962, 9 mins)
Rail (1967, 13 mins)
Railways For Ever! (1970, 7 mins)
The Scene From Melbury House (1972, 15 mins)
Wires Over the Border (1974, 18 mins)
Locomotion (1975, 16 mins)
Overture: One-Two-Five (1978, 7 mins)

Disc Label: BTF D1
Disc Size: 47,610,951,849 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00860.MPLS
Size: 46,588,897,920 bytes
Length: 3:07:50.458
Total Bitrate: 33.07 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29204 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz /  1152 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz /   192 kbps / DN -31dB

Disc Label: BTF D2
Disc Size: 46,429,466,039 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00826.MPLS
Size: 46,372,955,520 bytes
Length: 3:09:58.083
Total Bitrate: 32.55 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 28736 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 1.0 / 48 kHz /  1152 kbps / 24-bit