British Transport Films Movies
- 1952
Channel Islands
Channel Islands01952HD
The Channel Islands have had a varied and exciting history. Jersey and Guernsey are ideal places for holidays. Jersey offers a wide variety of...
- 1977
The Finishing Line
The Finishing Line5.61977HD
When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....
- 1962
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways01962HD
Underlines the importance of waterways as mans of modern transport. Details the way in which the network of waterways covers britain.
- 1980
Safe at Work?
Safe at Work?01980HD
Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their...
- 1967
Rail
Rail7.31967HD
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss....
- 1979
Robbie
Robbie61979HD
Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for...
- 1957
Holiday
Holiday6.71957HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
- 1957
Lancashire Coast
Lancashire Coast01957HD
The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.
- 1956
A Day of One's Own
A Day of One's Own61956HD
A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.
- 1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal61952HD
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...
- 1980
The Seaspeed Express
The Seaspeed Express01980HD
The advantages and pleasures of crossing the channel by Hovercraft. In this film a sales executive, with his car and engineering samples, travels to...
- 1963
Snow
Snow6.21963HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
- 1954
The Heart of England
The Heart of England01954HD
The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.
- 1958
The Travel Game
The Travel Game01958HD
A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...
- 1961
Speaking of Freight
Speaking of Freight01961HD
When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...
- 1959
Broad Waterways
Broad Waterways01959HD
'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways is based on this belief. The film shows parts of...
- 1979
The Beacons and Beyond
The Beacons and Beyond01979HD
South Wales is an area of great natural beauty - from the Brecon Beacons in the north of the area to the rugged coastline of Pembrokeshire in the...
- 1954
The Peak District
The Peak District01954HD
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...
- 1961
Terminus
Terminus7.0941961HD
This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours...
- 1956
Round the Island
Round the Island01956HD
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.