Edgar Anstey Movies

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

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...

Captures the consumption of gas by various large kitchens in London, during a particular dinner hour.

A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes...

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great...

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

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

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

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...

Sets out to persuade businesspeople of the advantages of going from city to city by train. How it gives them time to relax, work or sleep in comfort.

Propaganda film, capturing “the work of the government’s training camps and instructional centres for unemployed men.” - NFA...

SELNEC is the largest public transport system in Britain, outside London, covering South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire. The film shows some...

Behind Britain's railway modernisation lies research, design and development. Research ensures in various ways that passengers travel fast, safely...

A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.

This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to...