Edgar Anstey Movies

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

Captures the consumption of gas by various large kitchens in London, during a particular dinner hour.

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...

The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very...

When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

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

The flora and fauna of the Scottish highlands, including footage of ospreys, and stags in Argyle.

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...

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

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 history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

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

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is...

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

This film shows us a world of wildlife and flowers and scenic beauty within easy reach of London - where people can enjoy yachting on the Thames, or...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."