Transport Movies

A British Transport Film, in German!

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith...

An updated version of the classic 1936 "Night Mail", this time using an aeroplanes and vans as well as trains, and with poetry by Blake Morrison.

An overview of the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix by Shell Oil. Watch the racing heroes of the 1950's conquer the tarmac in one of the picturesque racing...

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

A staged film where over 100 cyclists cycle towards the camera.

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

Second part of a two-part documentary about the now largely defunct network of local railways in the areas around Erlangen and Forchheim, Germany.