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Britain on Film

Series 2

Episode 5: Road, Rail and Runways

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Throughout the 1960s, the Rank Organisation produced hundreds of short colour films on almost every aspect of British life. In a series reworking the best of this material to offer fascinating and often surprising insights into a transformative period of recent British history, this episode concentrates on the unprecedented upheavals in Britain's transport systems during a period when the popularity of air travel soared, rail networks were comprehensively dismantled and towns and cities were being reshaped to accommodate the unstoppable rise of the motor car. Show less

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