Edgar Anstey Filmes
- 1962
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
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Underlines the importance of waterways as mans of modern transport. Details the way in which the network of waterways covers britain.
- 1952
Journey Into History
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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...
- 1958
Under Night Streets
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After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...
- 1965
The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes
The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes01965HD
An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes. Offers a forecast of the...
- 1957
Yesterday's Britain: Highlands
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Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is...
- 1967
Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload
Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload01967HD
The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St.,...
- 1956
The Land of Robert Burns
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This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to...
- 1934
Airport
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A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.
- 1958
The Travel Game
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A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...
- 1943
Debris Tunnelling
Debris Tunnelling01943HD
A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.
- 1959
An Artist Looks at Churches
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On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...
- 1964
Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger Trains
Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger Trains01964HD
A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.
- 1960
Blue Pullman
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Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...
- 1934
Granton Trawler
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Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
- 1963
The Port of Hull
The Port of Hull01963HD
Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.
- 1959
Care of St Christopher’s
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‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...
- 1966
Forward to First Principles
Forward to First Principles01966HD
There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the...
- 1969
A Tale Out of School
A Tale Out of School01969HD
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...
- 1970
The Site in the Sea
The Site in the Sea01970HD
Building a new harbour at Port Talbot - it’s a man’s world in which the only females are a dredger and two seafaring vessels.
- 1960
They Take the High Road
They Take the High Road01960HD
The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.