Edgar Anstey Movies

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...

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

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

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

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

The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St.,...

This film shows us a world of wildlife and flowers and scenic beauty within easy reach of London - where people can enjoy yachting on the Thames, or...

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

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

As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives...

When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...

Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...

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

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.

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...

The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

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