Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Flying
Scotsman
(1929)
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This railroad drama, directed by Castleton Knight, stars Moore Marriott and Pauline Johnson, with Ray Milland, Alec Hurley, Dino Galvani and Billy Shine.
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 Optimum Releasing
2011 DVD edition
The Flying Scotsman (1929), black & white, 57 minutes, BBFC Certificate PG.
Optimum Releasing,
unknown catalog number, UPC 5-055201-816085.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 28 February 2011.
Country of origin: England
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This PAL DVD edition has likely been mastered from an archival 35mm print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Sinister Cinema
2025 DVD edition
Blackmail (1929) [sound version], black & white, ? minutes, not rated, with The Flying Scotsman (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, M677, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.95.
Release date: 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film for North American collectors.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 FilmRise
2014 DVD edition
The Flying Scotsman (1929), black & white, 50 minutes, not rated.
FilmRise, unknown catalog number, UPC 8-89290-01420-7.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $10.99.
Release date: 17 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by the film’s original synchronized soundtrack.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
FILMRISE through . . .
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Other RAILROAD FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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