Edgar Anstey Movies

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and...

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...

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 look at everyday life in the crofting community of Achriesgill in Sutherland.

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

The conflict between the running of an efficient bus service and the increasing motor car traffic in Britain's towns. Describes the traffic problem...

Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

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

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

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours...

This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to...

A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a...

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...