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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1966
The Driving Force
The Driving Force91966HD
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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 1951
This Year – London
This Year – London6.31951HD
A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.
- 1931
Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain5.41931HD
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...
- 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...
- 1975
Age of Invention
Age of Invention01975HD
Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the...
- 1965
Wild Wings
Wild Wings6.1431965HD
Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
- 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...
- 1957
Holiday
Holiday6.71957HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
- 1963
Snow
Snow6.21963HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
- 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...
- 1956
Round the Island
Round the Island01956HD
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.