Edgar Anstey Movies

When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular...

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

An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes. Offers a forecast of the...

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

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

A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...

Captures the consumption of gas by various large kitchens in London, during a particular dinner hour.

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain...

Propaganda film, capturing “the work of the government’s training camps and instructional centres for unemployed men.” - NFA...

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

A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

Packaged holidays for the elderly: a party of 'senior citizens' (60-plus) on a holiday which includes a special train from Newcastle to the Isle of...

A documentary examining the modernization of Britain’s railways through large-scale engineering and infrastructure renewal.

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

A freight train travelling between Kirkby and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmoreland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and...