Edgar Anstey Movies

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

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...

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

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 film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research...

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

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

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

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

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

A short documentary.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.