Edgar Anstey Movies

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...

There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the...

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...

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

A freight train travelling between Kirkby and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmoreland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...