Edgar Anstey Movies

Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

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

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

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...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire,...

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...

The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....

Report No. 8 in a series of 13 topical films, produced since the far reaching plan for the modernisation and re-equipment of British Railways in 1955...

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

A short film focusing on the account of a coaching tour told by the driver, who attempts to try to create a happy atmosphere and cement friendships.

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...

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

SELNEC is the largest public transport system in Britain, outside London, covering South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire. The film shows some...

Behind Britain's railway modernisation lies research, design and development. Research ensures in various ways that passengers travel fast, safely...

A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.

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...