Edgar Anstey Movies

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....

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...

Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular...

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

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

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

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

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...

There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the...

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...

Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is...

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.

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

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

A film about one of the most responsible and professional jobs on British Railways. Practical work in shop and signal box, on gantry and trackside,...

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

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

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

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...