Edgar Anstey Movies
- 1968
Travelling Sixties
Travelling Sixties01968HD
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...
- 1953
This Is York
This Is York61953HD
A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.
- 1962
North to the Dales
North to the Dales01962HD
The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....
- 1968
Rail Report 8: The New Tradition
Rail Report 8: The New Tradition01968HD
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...
- 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.
- 1966
Glasgow Belongs to Me
Glasgow Belongs to Me01966HD
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...
- 1969
British Rails Are Long and Fast
British Rails Are Long and Fast01969HD
Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...
- 1969
A Tale Out of School
A Tale Out of School01969HD
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...
- 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.
- 1975
Age of Invention
Age of Invention01975HD
Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the...
- 1965
The Hostellers
The Hostellers01965HD
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...
- 1970
Railways for Ever!
Railways for Ever!61970HD
A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.
- 1943
Debris Tunnelling
Debris Tunnelling01943HD
A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.
- 1974
Midland Country
Midland Country01974HD
Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire,...
- 1955
Yorkshire Sands
Yorkshire Sands01955HD
Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy...
- 1970
Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment
Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment01970HD
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...
- 1936
Enough to Eat?
Enough to Eat?01936HD
A British documentary short about nutrition
- 1967
Second Nature
Second Nature01967HD
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...
- 1956
The Long Night Haul
The Long Night Haul01956HD
The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."
- 1957
A Future on Rail
A Future on Rail01957HD
Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.