Movies

Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

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

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...

Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...

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

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

The story of a journey from the Yorkshire Dales to Switzerland via Dover and France, made by a party of schoolgirls showing how British rail...

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...

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

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

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 random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...

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

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

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.