Edgar Anstey Movies

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.

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...

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...

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...

Edgar Anstey and Arthur Elton’s sponsored documentary on Britain’s malnutrition crisis, blending expert testimony (Julian Huxley, J. B....

The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and...

Report No. 11 in a series of 13 topical films. Because 1970 was European Conservation Year, this issue of the Rail Report Series was devoted to...

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

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films. It is a study of the animal and plant life of...

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

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

A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

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

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

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

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

Sussex - A country rich in scenic beauty and history. South Down and Weald - open space and green woodland. This is Sussex, a county rich in scenic...