Edgar Anstey Movies

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.

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

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...

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

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...

An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes. Offers a forecast of the...

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

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

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

A film about one of the most responsible and professional jobs on British Railways. Practical work in shop and signal box, on gantry and trackside,...

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

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

A documentary examining the modernization of Britain’s railways through large-scale engineering and infrastructure renewal.

A short documentary.

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

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...

A freight train travelling between Kirkby and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmoreland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and...

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...

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

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