Edgar Anstey Movies

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the...

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy...

Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the...

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

Sets out to persuade businesspeople of the advantages of going from city to city by train. How it gives them time to relax, work or sleep in comfort.

The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St.,...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty.

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

A British documentary short about nutrition

The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an...

The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very...

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.