Rent A Future on Rail (1980)
3.3 of 5 from 3 ratings
12h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 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.
- Actors:
- Thomas Arnott, Frank Duncan, Malcolm Freegard, Donald Houston, Wallace Campbell, Phil McCall, William Norburn
- Directors:
- James Ritchie, Tony Thompson, John Shearman, Ronald Craigen, John Legard, R.K. Neilson-Baxter, Ken Fairbairn, J.B. Holmes, John Krish, Malcolm Freegard, Syd Sharples, John Taylor, Edward McConnell
- Producers:
- Edgar Anstey, John Shearman, Ian Ferguson, Brigit Barry
- Voiced By:
- Alan Wheatley, Howard Marion-Crawford, Denis McCarthy, Max Brimmell, Victor Platt, Stephen Murray, Bryden Murdoch
- Narrated By:
- Frank Duncan, Alan Wheatley, Howard Marion-Crawford, Deryck Guyler, Ben Williams, Denis McCarthy, John Stockbridge, MacDonald Hobley, Marianne Stone, Max Brimmell, Victor Platt, Stephen Murray, Bryden Murdoch, Stanley Holloway
- Writers:
- Paul Le Saux, James Ritchie, John Rowdon, R.K. Neilson-Baxter, John Krish, Ken Fairbairn, Winifred Holmes, Cecilia O'Cocks, Brigit Barry, Norman Prouting, Harry Green, Moray McLaren, Laurence Henson, Jack House, Edward McConnell
- Aka:
- British Transport Films Collection: A Future On Rail
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
