Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1970
    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    01970HD

    How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....

    London on the Move
  • 1959
    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

    01959HD

    ‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

    Care of St Christopher’s
  • 1961
    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

    01961HD

    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...

    Speaking of Freight
  • 1974
    Midland Country

    Midland Country

    Midland Country

    01974HD

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

    Midland Country
  • 1952
    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

    01952HD

    The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

    Dodging the Column
  • 1958
    Giant Load

    Giant Load

    Giant Load

    01958HD

    A 200-ton transformer is moved by road from Hayes, Middlesex, to Iver, Bucks. Behind the story of the journey there is another tale: the problems...

    Giant Load
  • 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
  • 1957
    Holiday

    Holiday

    Holiday

    6.71957HD

    Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

    Holiday
  • 1958
    A Desperate Case

    A Desperate Case

    A Desperate Case

    01958HD

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

    A Desperate Case
  • 1966
    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    6.3331966HD

    Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

    Wild Wings
  • 1954
    East Anglian Holiday

    East Anglian Holiday

    East Anglian Holiday

    01954HD

    A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

    East Anglian Holiday
  • 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
  • 1963
    Omnibus for All

    Omnibus for All

    Omnibus for All

    01963HD

    The conflict between the running of an efficient bus service and the increasing motor car traffic in Britain's towns. Describes the traffic problem...

    Omnibus for All
  • 1962
    ...All That Mighty Heart...

    ...All That Mighty Heart...

    ...All That Mighty Heart...

    01962HD

    A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes...

    ...All That Mighty Heart...
  • 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
  • 1934
    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    5.051934HD

    Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

    Granton Trawler
  • 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
  • 1973
    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    71973HD

    As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives...

    The Scene from Melbury House
  • 1952
    The Heart Is Highland

    The Heart Is Highland

    The Heart Is Highland

    01952HD

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

    The Heart Is Highland