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 ...

and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never before released colour footage of Southern steam at Waterloo (with Nine Elms depot), all the ...

Barry was the archivist of the British Transport Films – a unit established in 1949 to encourage people to use public transport. During his journey from Retford to Hull onboard Hull Trains, Barry ...