Edgar Anstey Movies

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

“Promotes trade with Britain among other countries in the European Community after the UK's entry on 1st January 1973. Kelloggs is given as an...

The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research...

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

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

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 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.

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

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

SELNEC is the largest public transport system in Britain, outside London, covering South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire. The film shows some...

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain...

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...

One of four wartime farming films showing the four seasons in 1941 and 1942, Winter on the Farm was made at Upton Manor Farm, Uploders, Dorset, and ...

Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.

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