Edgar Anstey Movies

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

The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

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...

A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

Report No. 11 in a series of 13 topical films. Because 1970 was European Conservation Year, this issue of the Rail Report Series was devoted to...

A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

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

A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes...

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

Building a new harbour at Port Talbot - it’s a man’s world in which the only females are a dredger and two seafaring vessels.

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the...

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

This film shows us a world of wildlife and flowers and scenic beauty within easy reach of London - where people can enjoy yachting on the Thames, or...

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Whether it is a paddle in the sea or a visit to some Roman remains, a day spent watching the countryside go by or an afternoon's inspection of a...

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

Replacing a century-old rail tunnel at Woodhead, co-ordinated road haulage services in Argyllshire, Whitemoor freight marshalling yeard, Bristol bus...

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.