Edgar Anstey Movies

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives...

A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

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

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

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...

Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy...

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

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...

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

The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.

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

How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....

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

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...

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

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

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.