Edgar Anstey Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Coach passengers give their reasons for preferring that type of transport. A group of ramblers visit the Welsh mountains; an angler and his family...

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

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...

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.

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...

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

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

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."

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...

One of four wartime farming films showing the four seasons in 1941 and 1942, Winter on the Farm was made at Upton Manor Farm, Uploders, Dorset, and ...

The flora and fauna of the Scottish highlands, including footage of ospreys, and stags in Argyle.

Whether it is a paddle in the sea or a visit to some Roman remains, a day spent watching the countryside go by or an afternoon's inspection of a...

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

Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.