Edgar Anstey Movies

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

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

The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...

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

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an...

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

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

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

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...

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

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

Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.

An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

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

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

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

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