Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1986
    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

    01986HD

    Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...

    Hooray For Holyrood
  • 1961
    Terminus

    Terminus

    Terminus

    7.0941961HD

    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...

    Terminus
  • 1946
    The Proud City: A Plan for London

    The Proud City: A Plan for London

    The Proud City: A Plan for London

    01946HD

    The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and...

    The Proud City: A Plan for London
  • 1958
    The Travel Game

    The Travel Game

    The Travel Game

    01958HD

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

    The Travel Game
  • 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
  • 1955
    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    6.41955HD

    Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
  • 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
  • 1962
    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

    01962HD

    The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....

    North to the Dales
  • 1954
    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    61954HD

    Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

    Elizabethan Express
  • 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
  • 1951
    This Year – London

    This Year – London

    This Year – London

    6.31951HD

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

    This Year – London
  • 1931
    Industrial Britain

    Industrial Britain

    Industrial Britain

    5.41931HD

    Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...

    Industrial Britain
  • 1958
    Between the Tides

    Between the Tides

    Between the Tides

    6.31958HD

    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...

    Between the Tides
  • 1975
    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

    01975HD

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

    Age of Invention
  • 1965
    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    6.1431965HD

    Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

    Wild Wings
  • 1956
    Men on the Mend

    Men on the Mend

    Men on the Mend

    01956HD

    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...

    Men on the Mend
  • 1957
    Holiday

    Holiday

    Holiday

    6.71957HD

    Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

    Holiday
  • 1963
    Snow

    Snow

    Snow

    6.21963HD

    Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...

    Snow
  • 1957
    Yesterday's Britain: Highlands

    Yesterday's Britain: Highlands

    Yesterday's Britain: Highlands

    01957HD

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

    Yesterday's Britain: Highlands
  • 1956
    Round the Island

    Round the Island

    Round the Island

    01956HD

    The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

    Round the Island