The Bill Douglas trilogy [videorecording] / British Film Institute ; produced by Geoffrey Evans, Tony Bicat, Nick Nascht, Charles Reese, Judy Cottam, and Richard Craven ; written and directed by Bill Douglas.

Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Facets Video, c2008.

ISBN: 1565807928

Description: 2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 p.).

Subject: Great Britain. Royal Air Force Drama.
Young men Scotland Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, British Drama.
Children Institutional care Drama.
Melodrama.
Feature films.

Credits: Cinematography, Mick Campbell, Gale Tattersall, Roy Orton ; editors, Brand Thumim, Peter West, Mick Audsley.

Performers: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler, Bernard McKenna, Joseph Blatchley.

Notes: Booklet title: Bill Douglas: bitter memories, brutal realism / edited by Susan Doll.
My childhood originally released as a motion picture in 1972 ; My ain folk originally released as a motion picture in 1973 ; My way home originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Special features: Facets Cine-Notes collecible booklet ; Disc 2: "Bill Douglas: intent on getting the image" documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Andy Kympton-Nye.

Contents: disc 1. My childhood (1972 ; 46 min.) ; My ain folk (1973 ; 55 min.) -- disc 2. My way home (1978 ; 64 min.)

Summary: My childhood: Introduces Jamie's family and focuses on his relationship with a German POW during the last days of WWII.
My ain folk: Jamie is now living with his paternal grandmother before being taken to a children's home.
My way home: Follows an older Jamie during his national service in the Royal Air Force. His life takes an upward turn when he befriends Robert, an Englishman from another class and background.