Edgar Anstey Movies

Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...

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

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 short documentary.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of...

A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.

Britain operates the most experienced diesel and electric railway in tne world. A century and a half ago she invented the steam engine and introduced...

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

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

Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

Underlines the importance of waterways as mans of modern transport. Details the way in which the network of waterways covers britain.

Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

A 200-ton transformer is moved by road from Hayes, Middlesex, to Iver, Bucks. Behind the story of the journey there is another tale: the problems...

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

A film about one of the most responsible and professional jobs on British Railways. Practical work in shop and signal box, on gantry and trackside,...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...