Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1963
    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

    71963HD

    A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak...

    A Hundred Years Underground
  • 1934
    Airport

    Airport

    Airport

    61934HD

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

    Airport
  • 1940
    What's For Dinner

    What's For Dinner

    What's For Dinner

    51940HD

    The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

    What's For Dinner
  • 1955
    Capital Visit

    Capital Visit

    Capital Visit

    71955HD

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

    Capital Visit
  • 1956
    Any Man's Kingdom

    Any Man's Kingdom

    Any Man's Kingdom

    91956HD

    A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

    Any Man's Kingdom
  • 1960
    A Letter for Wales

    A Letter for Wales

    A Letter for Wales

    61960HD

    Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

    A Letter for Wales
  • 1944
    Crofters

    Crofters

    Crofters

    81944HD

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

    Crofters
  • 1964
    Down to Sussex

    Down to Sussex

    Down to Sussex

    81964HD

    Sussex - A country rich in scenic beauty and history. South Down and Weald - open space and green woodland. This is Sussex, a county rich in scenic...

    Down to Sussex
  • 1959
    Diesel Trainride

    Diesel Trainride

    Diesel Trainride

    81959HD

    Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...

    Diesel Trainride
  • 1957
    Every Valley

    Every Valley

    Every Valley

    71957HD

    A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

    Every Valley
  • 1966
    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    91966HD

    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...

    The Driving Force
  • 1934
    6.30 Collection

    6.30 Collection

    6.30 Collection

    21934HD

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

    6.30 Collection
  • 1972
    Journey Inter-City

    Journey Inter-City

    Journey Inter-City

    21972HD

    A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

    Journey Inter-City
  • 1973
    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    71973HD

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

    The Scene from Melbury House
  • 1970
    Railways for Ever!

    Railways for Ever!

    Railways for Ever!

    61970HD

    A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

    Railways for Ever!
  • 1969
    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    01969HD

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

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
  • 1966
    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    01966HD

    An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...

    Glasgow Belongs to Me
  • 1970
    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    01970HD

    How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....

    London on the Move
  • 1954
    The Peak District

    The Peak District

    The Peak District

    01954HD

    The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the...

    The Peak District
  • 1962
    The Signal Engineers

    The Signal Engineers

    The Signal Engineers

    01962HD

    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,...

    The Signal Engineers