British Transport Films Filmes

Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. Mander, now living in Kirkcudbrightshire,...

A review of innovation and development within BR and its businesses, including: modernisation of freight facilities and service to new companies;...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

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...

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South Wales is an area of great natural beauty - from the Brecon Beacons in the north of the area to the rugged coastline of Pembrokeshire in the...

An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...

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...

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...

Based on the sequence of events which led to the deaths of two young trackmen, concluding with an enquiry into the reasons why they were killed....

An insufferable journey by 'The Pain Train' shows how seconds lost by staff, for one slight reason or another, can quickly add up; causing a train to...

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

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

The Channel Islands have had a varied and exciting history. Jersey and Guernsey are ideal places for holidays. Jersey offers a wide variety of...

A film aimed at showing young people the range of careers open to them if they joined British Rail as an apprentice. It shows the support and...

Britain operates the most experienced diesel and electric railway in tne world. A century and a half ago she invented the steam engine and introduced...

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings...

How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....