Edgar Anstey Movies

Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a...

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

Whether it is a paddle in the sea or a visit to some Roman remains, a day spent watching the countryside go by or an afternoon's inspection of a...

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

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an...

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...

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

There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the...

Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...

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

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the...

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

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

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.

Coach passengers give their reasons for preferring that type of transport. A group of ramblers visit the Welsh mountains; an angler and his family...

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...