Edgar Anstey Movies

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

A short documentary.

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...

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

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

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the...

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

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

Building a new harbour at Port Talbot - it’s a man’s world in which the only females are a dredger and two seafaring vessels.

Sets out to persuade businesspeople of the advantages of going from city to city by train. How it gives them time to relax, work or sleep in comfort.

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

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

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

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...

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...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

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...

A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak...