Edgar Anstey Movies

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.

When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...

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

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

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very...

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

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty.

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...

The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

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

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

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

'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways is based on this belief. The film shows parts of...

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

A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes...

This film shows us a world of wildlife and flowers and scenic beauty within easy reach of London - where people can enjoy yachting on the Thames, or...

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