Edgar Anstey Movies
- 1986
Hooray For Holyrood
Hooray For Holyrood01986HD
Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...
- 1946
The Proud City: A Plan for London
The Proud City: A Plan for London01946HD
The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and...
- 1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal61952HD
Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...
- 1961
Terminus
Terminus7.0941961HD
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...
- 1958
The Travel Game
The Travel Game01958HD
A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...
- 1954
The Peak District
The Peak District01954HD
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...
- 1955
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill6.41955HD
Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.
- 1956
Men on the Mend
Men on the Mend01956HD
When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...
- 1960
A Letter for Wales
A Letter for Wales61960HD
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.
- 1957
The England of Elizabeth
The England of Elizabeth01957HD
A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.
- 1958
Under Night Streets
Under Night Streets01958HD
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...
- 1969
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport01969HD
Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...
- 1962
North to the Dales
North to the Dales01962HD
The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....
- 1958
Between the Tides
Between the Tides6.31958HD
Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of...
- 1971
Golfers in a Scottish Landscape
Golfers in a Scottish Landscape01971HD
Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular...
- 1963
Omnibus for All
Omnibus for All01963HD
The conflict between the running of an efficient bus service and the increasing motor car traffic in Britain's towns. Describes the traffic problem...
- 1957
Lancashire Coast
Lancashire Coast01957HD
The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.
- 1958
A Desperate Case
A Desperate Case01958HD
A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the...
- 1954
Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan Express61954HD
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...
- 1957
Yesterday's Britain: Highlands
Yesterday's Britain: Highlands01957HD
Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is...