British Transport Films Collection

Made:
1950-1986
maker:
British Transport Films
Flying Scotsman at King's Cross, 1963 Track maintenance, 1950 Film crew, 1950 Showroom in Hull, 1949 Film crew, 1950 Film crew, 1949 Kennet and Avon Canal, 1950 Pontycysyllte acqueduct, about 1949 Grand Union canal, 1950 Butter production, 1951 Showroom in Hull, 1949 Liner and tug at Southampton, 1950 Butter production, 1951 Factory worker, 1950 Grand Union canal, 1950 Butter production, 1951 Woman in sleeping compartment being served tea by attendant. Frightened sheep in railway wagon. BR porter leading goat from train onto platform. Combined tamper/liner with crew. Grain hoppers being loaded. Woman reading in MK1first class compartment. Sugar beet being loaded into open wagons mechanically. BR freight container being loaded onto wagon at port. Horse being led into rail horse box. Sugar beet lineside storage yard with trucks and railway wagons

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Flying Scotsman at King's Cross, 1963
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Track maintenance, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Film crew, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Showroom in Hull, 1949
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Film crew, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Film crew, 1949
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Kennet and Avon Canal, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Pontycysyllte acqueduct, about 1949
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Grand Union canal, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Butter production, 1951
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Showroom in Hull, 1949
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Liner and tug at Southampton, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Butter production, 1951
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Factory worker, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Grand Union canal, 1950
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Butter production, 1951
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Woman in sleeping compartment being served tea by attendant.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Frightened sheep in railway wagon.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

BR porter leading goat from train onto platform.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Combined tamper/liner with crew.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Grain hoppers being loaded.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Woman reading in MK1first class compartment.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Sugar beet being loaded into open wagons mechanically.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

BR freight container being loaded onto wagon at port.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Horse being led into rail horse box.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Sugar beet lineside storage yard with trucks and railway wagons
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Photographs, a collection of approximately 2,000 film and glass negatives; 5131 card-mounted silver prints; approximately 10,000 monochrome lantern slides and colour transparencies. The collection represents stills and 116 filmstrips taken during production of British Transport Films (BTF) films, covering British transport, travelogues and training, 1950-1986. Also includes notes and manuscript score for Intercity 1250. Full schedule compiled.

The films themselves reside with the British Film Institute but the National Railway Museum holds the stills archive, which is comprised of negatives, filmstrips, reference prints, and colour transparencies.

The success of the LMS and Southern Railway's publicity film units inspired the British Transport Commission to found a film unit which would promote the newly nationalised transport concerns. Established in 1949, the British Transport Films unit was to play a leading role in the documentary film movement, at one time being the most active documentary film unit in Britain.

The majority of the BTF's output was produced for British Railways but the archive is significant not just as a history of the railways, but as a study of daily life in mid-twentieth century Britain.

Details

Category:
Photographic Collections (Railway)
Object Number:
1996-7038
type:
photographs
credit:
British Railways Board