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Documentaries etc on BFI DVD sets also available on BFI BDs

#1 Post by RossyG » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:55 am

I thought it'd be useful to compile a list of documentaries and other shorts that are part of BFI DVD sets that have also been used as extras in HD on BFI Blu-rays. Here's what I've got so far:

(DVD box-sets in bold; Blu-rays in italics.)

British Transport Films #7: The Age Of The Train
The Finishing Line (1977) - Captured

British Transport Films #10: London On The Move
Under Night Streets (1958) - Underground

COI Collection #2: Design For Today
Insight: Terence Conran (1981) - Belly Of An Architect

COI Collection #4: Stop! Look! Listen!
Sewing Machine (1973) - Captured
Searching (1974) - Captured

Free Cinema
Momma Don’t Allow (1956) - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
We Are The Lambeth Boys (1959) - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

GPO Films #1: Addressing The Nation
Granton Trawler (1934) - Soviet Influence: Battleship Potemkin

GPO Films #2: We Live In Two Worlds
Night Mail (1936) - Soviet Influence: Turksib
Trade Tattoo (1937) - Soviet Influence: Battleship Potemkin
North Sea (1938) - Soviet Influence: Battleship Potemkin

GPO Films #3: If War Should Come
The First Days (1939) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #1
London Can Take It (1940) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #1
Spring Offensive (1940) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #1

The Joy of Sex Education aka The Birds And The Bees
The People at No. 19 (1949) - That Kind of Girl
'Ave You Got A Male Assistant Please Miss? (1973) - Permissive

Land Of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-50
Words For Battle (1941) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #2
Listen To Britain (1941) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #2
A Diary For Timothy (1945) - The Complete Humphrey Jennings #3

Shadows Of Progress: The British Documentary Movement 1951-77
The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953) - A Day in the Life: John Krish
They Took Us To The Sea (1961) - A Day in the Life: John Krish
I Think They Call Him John (1964) - A Day in the Life: John Krish

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