The BFI best-selling VHS series The British Transport Films Collection comes to DVD with On and Off the Rails, the first of three double-disc sets. This much loved series represents one of the largest and most impressive collections of documentary films in Britain and is one of the jewels of the BFI's National Archive. These fascinating films entertain just as much as they inform and will appeal equally to film historians, transport enthusiasts and anyone wishing to catch a rare glimpse of a Britain rapidly vanishing from the present day.

On and Off the Rails(over 4 hours long), contains classics from the video compilations including Blue Pullman, Snowdrift at Bleath Gilland John Betjeman goes by Train, along with films new to the series such as This Year - London, The Diesel Train Driver and On Track for the Eighties. A booklet containing an introduction and film notes by BTF historian Steven Foxon accompanies the discs.

Released alongside On and Off the Rails is the DVD Geoffrey Jones: The Rhythm of Film, a collection of highly expressionistic shorts by British film-maker Geoffrey Jones featuring three BTF films including Snow, which was nominated for an Oscar, Rail and Locomotion.

Disc 1 - On the Rails

* Blue Pullman (1960, Colour, 25mins)
* Elizabethan Express (1954, Black and white, 20mins)
* Train Time (1952, Black and white, 28mins)
* Rail 150 (1975, Colour, 14 mins)
* The Diesel Train Driver (1959, Black and white, 7 mins)
* On Track for the Eighties (1980, Colour, 15mins)
* Cybernetica (1972, Colour, 20 mins)

Disc 2 - Off the Rails

* Under the River (1959, Black and white, 27mins)
* Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955, Black and white, 10mins)
* This Year - London (1951, Black and white, 25 mins)
* This is York (1953, Black and white, 20 mins)
* The Great Highway (1966, Colour, 20 mins)
* A Day of One's Own (1956, Black and white, 20mins)
* John Betjeman goes by Train (1962, Black and white, 10mins)