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The much derided transport enthuiasts of today. Male like the majority and female like me and a couple of others have taken on where groups like British Transport Films have left off , photographing and recording the public transport of our day . In the 23 years I've been photographing public transport by heck, things have changed. I do wonder what people looking back from 50 years in the future will think of what i photo today , introduction of hybrid and rlecttic buses etc . I suppose it is like me looking back at the transport of the 60s and before.

Bless his soul.

Fantastic programme..

This was great,, and long o overdue retrospect/doc about this writer.. Like Nigel Kneale, Wyndham new that good storytelling needed good interesting characters in order to bring the ideas to life. The one thing I wish this doc had done was discuss his novel THE KARKEN WAKES (aka OUT OF THE DEEPS) at greater length.. With so many reports about USO's in the news (lUNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECTS I think is the term) it seems Wyndham once again was seeing future possibilities come to life....and raising a LOT of questions and controversy. (BBC has done 3 different radio adaptations of this book well worth listening to).

I have seen a lot of these feature films on You Tube and often thought about the work that went into making them. My favorite feature that I have watched many times is "Terminus" I am an Australian and I have never traveled to the UK but hope to one day. These films are fantastic, thank you for uploading this doco to You Tube.

This actor played George Orwell in another one of these. He's good.

Truman’s mother sounds like a gold digging whore, father a chad (at least in performance); like most chads-worthless. Truman is a product of his environment. This doesn’t mean I condone his behavior, it just reminds me of how marriage and families in 21st century are almost becoming exact replicas.

What a historic legacy they have left for us to enjoy of past days.

I really do dislike the sneering politicking added to this presentation by the BBC. This is generally at the time of post-war recovery "Pathe News" style information for Mr & Mrs Public. Crediting the speaker as an "Historian" gives no measure of neutrality, he obviously has a political axe to grind. The pursuit of non-biased reporting fails here. Why seek to be so negative and why attempt to blame an elected government rising from the ashes of WW2 of "propagandising" when I think people were hoping for positive messages from its government. The BTF stories generally and particularly that of "The Elizabethan" are fascinating. It's one of my favourites with the wonderful poetic narrative. Billy Williams, I thank you and all your colleagues. IWho was that commentator who said that had the snow shifters been wearing furry hats and the locomotives been carrying Cyrillic numbering ...etc it would be seen as Russian propaganda?. I have watched the Snowdrift at Bleath Gill many times and I am always impressed by the work-rate of the fellows working in such a hostile environment with their hands. I wonder how today's "snowflakes" would deal with such a challenge. All you did was film and watch? I don't believe that BBC type "lovies" existed then or did they? Does BBC FOUR exist anymore? Licence free since 2013.

He was a self serving narcissist who used people to get what he wanted. No scruples and very little ethics.

Monroeville is pretty much the same today.

Dog barking' their usual monkey 💩. Should be flagged. As harmful. 👎

An incredible collection of films especially as it marks the progress of my life. To call it left wing propaganda akin to Russia but benign, rather than an advertisement to promote the railways and transport is just what you would expect the Daily Mail scribbler Dominic Sandbrook to spout. Of course the Tories of the time thought such a film unit was a waste of money, they thought the same of the NHS and loo k what they have done to both in the many decades that have followed. As for Sandbrook declaring dismissively that film goers would have found those first travelogues boring, I can assure him that I and my family and friends loved them. We had no television which was only black and white anyway and to see places in glorious colour that one day we might possibly visit was magic and gave us good value for our cinema ticket. Gorgeous compilation but why ask anyone from the much derided Mail to do his best to poo poo it.

My favourite sci fi author.

Village of the damned was a favorite scary mivie to my sis and I as children. I very much enjoyed learning of its author. Quite an interesting and brilliant man.

I have victorion blood in my family tree

He realized his parents dream of being rich and famous and leaving the humdrum life, But became sarcastic of it, and reported how vain and shallow it it all is. He took a personal loss, he had to become a part of it to get a true insiders look he might’ve been surprised about what he found, and then in cold blood introduced him to what possibly could’ve happened to himself without his talent for words and observation.

I don't u derstan why the Brits don't promote more their early film industry.let the whole world know what was achieved

"Niggerdly old maids" is a women-hating white man term for "we have f-ed you up." Shove ur channel up your a$$.

Focusing not on footage recorded by aspiring youngsters, but rather the reminiscences of those of them who have grown old.

What I really loved about this episode is the scene of Mabel Poulton ♥️⭐️ in Palais de Danse (1928) and the welcome footage of Betty Balfour ♥️⭐️ in Squibs wins the Calcutta Sweep (1921)! I always wondered if any of her Squibs films survived. I really need to get a DVD of the restored The First Born (1928) with Madeleine Carroll ♥️⭐️ and Miles Mander. Thank You for uploading this excellent two episode documentary!

As a fan of British silent cinema, I really liked this first episode. I just wish more clips of surviving films from the mid 1910’s including A Message from Mars (1913) Trapped by the London Sharks (1916) and especially Lady Windermere’s Fan (1916). Thank You for uploading this documentary series. On to part two!

I've been reading Wyndham on and off since the mid-60s. Each time I read one of his novels I get something different out of them - particularly as I've got older. Very English but also universal.

England's early contribution to cinema has been forgotten. We got there first. Recognition is due.

Beautiful as ever. Thank you Brian, you are still Britain's most acutely visionary bard.

Nauseating. Sounds like Dylan Thomas high on toothpaste.

I do like the sequel to Village of the Damned called Children of the Damned which was shown, in 1964 and also a book of the film came out under the same title by A.V. Sellwood.

I'm an American in his late 50s, and I first read "Day of the Triffids" about 45 years ago. All these years later, John Wyndham is still my favorite science fiction author. He thoughtfully combined crowd pleasing pulp concepts (man-eating plants, monsters under the sea, mutant children) with some really interesting ideas, tied together with writing that was elegant but not self-consciously literary. Just a great writer.

Reading ‘Answered Prayers’ now. Figures that he was from Alabama as he is very generous with the N-word.

I’m convinced Monsanto developed hybrid weeds , with seeds indestinguishable…. from grass seed. I put grass seed out in my back yard ( 1998) and all of a sudden .,… these. weeds showed up. They are prickly the points will pierce heavy gloves. You can’t grab them and pull them out , almost like grabbing a Cactus. They make you want to buy “ Roundup “

Sadly , his books are mostly found in charity shops today. He was charming and modest which , of course , prevented him from becoming a " celebrity "..! He was genuinely - a gentleman. A species now almost extinct in yob culture Britain .!

This is much better than most documentaries of this type. However, I object to the frequent and ahistoric use of words and phrases like "this was the first" and "the very first." You don't know this. The vast majority of films from these eras are lost. There could easily have been earlier examples of cross-cutting, wipes, etc., that you're unaware of. It would have been so much savvier and more accurate to say "the earliest we know about" or "one of the first."

One of the great ones of British Sci-fi. A treasure!

This is great because there's nothing else like it on YT but it's nowhere near as good as Hidden Wyndham by Amy Binns which is far more in depth and far more incisive than this. Thanks for the upload though!

Wow I know these titles but really have never known the author. Cool. 👍👍

Really good to know anything more about such a private man (and excellent writer.)

Fabulous documentary - Many thanks for sharing.

11:35 "How cozy can you get?" An idiotic interviewee, I'd say. There is NOTHING cozy about this story, and the hero works his backside off for every perceived benefit.

Damn the man! Because of him I will never see a meteor shower.

It’s good to hear the story of a good and decent man who was also a good writer. Sort of like Charlotte.

This man is a genius, I have a Vinyl LP of the Liverpool Poets and The Scaffold from the 6OS with Roger Mcgough both brilliant. Has he done any talking books of poetry.

What have they done to my England, idiots.

The question has to be asked why do the Tories always show disdain and contempt for the working class. These films are beyond brilliance for they show the real hard grind of every day life for the average working man and woman. Brexit is now the karma that the Tories embraced to the detriment of decent British workers.

That was brilliant. I love this old footage showing how life was back then. And these guys went onto to greater things how wonderful is that. I liked the last comment about how making these films had a bearing on future careers. I can relate to that having been in similar circumstances... not in film making but something else in the arts.

I like your video guys brilliant

Thanks for this, I remember it was used on a radio documentary on JLM some years ago - and always wanted to hear it again. Impossible to forget

This is why you don't flush 👇 anything that shouldn't be

We have a septic tank and I really can't drink water from the tap because it hurts my stomach so yes I do use a watercloset I am still helping the earth!!!😄😄😄😄😄

Something about early 2000s documentaries man, I love it

I try to only really listen to what capote himself said or wrote. I like his dick cavett interviews on TH-cam .