Transport & Travel Documentaries
As you can see, the main focus here is on the films of the British Transport Films Unit, which detailed Britain's transport heritage from the 1950s to the 1980s. They are a treasure trove of social history. However, there's much more in this section, with contemporary travelogues from around the world to carry the armchair traveller away, and from Wainwright's Walks to travel on the Orient Express.
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Transport & Travel Documentaries Film Listing
Harry B Parkinson, 1920s
£17.99
Wonderful London
Painstakingly restored by the BFI National Archive to reinstate their original tinting and toning...
Eddie McConnell, John Gray, 1939-80
£14.99
West Highland
Four picturesque films about railway lines in rural Scotland, featuring West Highland (1960), A L...
Various (Documentary), 1983
£17.99
British Transport Films: Collection 10 - London on the Move
Volume 10 in the BFI's British Transport Films seri...
Harry Watt, Basil Wright, 1936
£11.69
Night Mail (Remastered and Restored)
Night Mail remains one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in Brit...
Various (Documentary), 1950s-80s
£99.99
British Transport Films Box Set
This amazing box contains all nine sets of the BFI's British Transport Films. It ...
Humphrey Jennings, 1934-40
£17.99
The Complete Humphrey Jennings Volume 1: The First Days
Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950), one of Britain's gre...
Various (Documentary), 1930-1951
£24.49
Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950
Featuring 40 films, this extensive collection is a ...
Various (Documentary), 1971
£17.99
COI Collection: Volume 7 - The Queen on Tour
To mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee the BFI has conducted an extensive search thr...
Various , 2011
£17.99
COI Collection: Volume 5 - Portrait of a People
The fifth volume in the COI Collection, Portrait of a People, reviews a patriotic...
Various (Compilation), 1977
£27.99
Shadows of Progress: Documentary Film in Post-war Britain (195...
An astounding collection of rare, unseen and otherw...
Various (Documentary), 1941-1946
£16.99
Railways in Britain: Britain's Railways at War
A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime...
Various (Documentary), 1951-80
£17.99
British Transport Films (Vol 1): On and Off the Rails
A 2-disc collection of some of the very best Britis...
Various (Documentary), 1963
£13.99
Roundabout: A Year in Colour - 1963
In the 1960s, the British Government, through the Central Office of Information (...
Penny Woolcock, 2012
£15.99
From the Sea to the Land Beyond: A Film by Penny Woolcock
An uplifting and inspirational film by award-winnin...
George Lowe, 1953
£8.99
The Conquest of Everest
An outstanding documentary chronicle of the conquest of Everest by the Hunt Exped...
Chris Petit, Iain Sinclair, 2002
£16.99
London Orbital
Visionary film about the M25. A road movie (literally) and a cinematic excursion into the differe...
Various (Documentary), 1948-81
£17.99
COI Collection: Volume 6 - Worth the Risk?
This latest instalment in the BFI’s dedicated DVD series that celebrates the film...
John Grierson, Alan Harper, 1929/47
£16.99
Drifters / Caller Herrin
The classic genre-defining documentary 'Drifters' tells the story of the North Se...
