Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 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
  • 1953
    This Is York

    This Is York

    This Is York

    61953HD

    A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

    This Is York
  • 1962
    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

    01962HD

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

    North to the Dales
  • 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
  • 1957
    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

    01957HD

    The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

    Lancashire Coast
  • 1966
    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    Glasgow Belongs to Me

    01966HD

    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...

    Glasgow Belongs to Me
  • 1969
    British Rails Are Long and Fast

    British Rails Are Long and Fast

    British Rails Are Long and Fast

    01969HD

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

    British Rails Are Long and Fast
  • 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
  • 1956
    A Day of One's Own

    A Day of One's Own

    A Day of One's Own

    61956HD

    A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.

    A Day of One's Own
  • 1975
    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

    01975HD

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

    Age of Invention
  • 1965
    The Hostellers

    The Hostellers

    The Hostellers

    01965HD

    Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

    The Hostellers
  • 1970
    Railways for Ever!

    Railways for Ever!

    Railways for Ever!

    61970HD

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

    Railways for Ever!
  • 1943
    Debris Tunnelling

    Debris Tunnelling

    Debris Tunnelling

    01943HD

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

    Debris Tunnelling
  • 1974
    Midland Country

    Midland Country

    Midland Country

    01974HD

    Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire,...

    Midland Country
  • 1955
    Yorkshire Sands

    Yorkshire Sands

    Yorkshire Sands

    01955HD

    Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy...

    Yorkshire Sands
  • 1970
    Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment

    Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment

    Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment

    01970HD

    Report No. 11 in a series of 13 topical films. Because 1970 was European Conservation Year, this issue of the Rail Report Series was devoted to...

    Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment
  • 1936
    Enough to Eat?

    Enough to Eat?

    Enough to Eat?

    01936HD

    A British documentary short about nutrition

    Enough to Eat?
  • 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
  • 1956
    The Long Night Haul

    The Long Night Haul

    The Long Night Haul

    01956HD

    The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

    The Long Night Haul
  • 1957
    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

    01957HD

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

    A Future on Rail