Edgar Anstey Movies

A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.

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

Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great...

A British documentary short about nutrition

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

“Promotes trade with Britain among other countries in the European Community after the UK's entry on 1st January 1973. Kelloggs is given as an...

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...

Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the...

Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is...

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

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

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

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 problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

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...

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

A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes...

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

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