Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1959
    Diesel Trainride

    Diesel Trainride

    Diesel Trainride

    81959HD

    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...

    Diesel Trainride
  • 1958
    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    01958HD

    After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...

    Under Night Streets
  • 1969
    A Tale Out of School

    A Tale Out of School

    A Tale Out of School

    01969HD

    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...

    A Tale Out of School
  • 1940
    What's For Dinner

    What's For Dinner

    What's For Dinner

    51940HD

    The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

    What's For Dinner
  • 1943
    Debris Tunnelling

    Debris Tunnelling

    Debris Tunnelling

    01943HD

    A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

    Debris Tunnelling
  • 1959
    The Coasts of Clyde

    The Coasts of Clyde

    The Coasts of Clyde

    01959HD

    A short documentary.

    The Coasts of Clyde
  • 1968
    Rail Report 8: The New Tradition

    Rail Report 8: The New Tradition

    Rail Report 8: The New Tradition

    01968HD

    Report No. 8 in a series of 13 topical films, produced since the far reaching plan for the modernisation and re-equipment of British Railways in 1955...

    Rail Report 8: The New Tradition
  • 1967
    Second Nature

    Second Nature

    Second Nature

    01967HD

    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...

    Second Nature
  • 1972
    A Day with SELNEC

    A Day with SELNEC

    A Day with SELNEC

    01972HD

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

    A Day with SELNEC
  • 1972
    The Key to Britain

    The Key to Britain

    The Key to Britain

    01972HD

    “Promotes trade with Britain among other countries in the European Community after the UK's entry on 1st January 1973. Kelloggs is given as an...

    The Key to Britain
  • 1970
    Prospects of Ireland

    Prospects of Ireland

    Prospects of Ireland

    01970HD

    Film showcasing the tourist attractions, culture and natural beauty of Ireland.

    Prospects of Ireland
  • 1962
    Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways

    Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways

    Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways

    01962HD

    Underlines the importance of waterways as mans of modern transport. Details the way in which the network of waterways covers britain.

    Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
  • 1956
    Men on the Mend

    Men on the Mend

    Men on the Mend

    01956HD

    When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

    Men on the Mend
  • 1956
    The Land of Robert Burns

    The Land of Robert Burns

    The Land of Robert Burns

    01956HD

    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...

    The Land of Robert Burns
  • 1959
    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

    01959HD

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

    Care of St Christopher’s
  • 1968
    Travelling Sixties

    Travelling Sixties

    Travelling Sixties

    01968HD

    Packaged holidays for the elderly: a party of 'senior citizens' (60-plus) on a holiday which includes a special train from Newcastle to the Isle of...

    Travelling Sixties