British Transport Films Movies

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....

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

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours...

Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...

"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss....

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

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

England is eighteen hours behind you and the Leda is in sight of Bergen. Your shipboard reverie is about to become reality. The fjords, glaciers and...

The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

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

Documentary from British Transport Films

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for...

All freight movements over Britain's rail network are monitored and controlled by an advanced computer-based system known as TOPS (Total Operations...

An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

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

Driver Sam Smith is given the privilege of driving one of the new electric trains. But when a problem arises, it takes three very different Sams...