Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1954
    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    6.6671954HD

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

    Elizabethan Express
  • 1957
    Holiday

    Holiday

    Holiday

    6.71957HD

    Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

    Holiday
  • 1958
    Journey Into Spring

    Journey Into Spring

    Journey Into Spring

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    Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a...

    Journey Into Spring
  • 1961
    Terminus

    Terminus

    Terminus

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    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...

    Terminus
  • 1942
    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

    Dustbin Parade

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    The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

    Dustbin Parade
  • 1966
    Forward to First Principles

    Forward to First Principles

    Forward to First Principles

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

    Forward to First Principles
  • 1957
    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

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    Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.

    A Future on Rail
  • 1954
    London's Country

    London's Country

    London's Country

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    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...

    London's Country
  • 1941
    Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3

    Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3

    Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3

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    Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3
  • 1961
    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

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    When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...

    Speaking of Freight
  • 1959
    Broad Waterways

    Broad Waterways

    Broad Waterways

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    'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways is based on this belief. The film shows parts of...

    Broad Waterways
  • 1960
    Blue Pullman

    Blue Pullman

    Blue Pullman

    8.251960HD

    Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...

    Blue Pullman
  • 1964
    Down to Sussex

    Down to Sussex

    Down to Sussex

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    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...

    Down to Sussex
  • 1959
    The Coasts of Clyde

    The Coasts of Clyde

    The Coasts of Clyde

    01959HD

    A short documentary.

    The Coasts of Clyde
  • 1962
    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

    North to the Dales

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    The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....

    North to the Dales
  • 1952
    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

    Dodging the Column

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    The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...

    Dodging the Column
  • 1955
    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

    6.41955HD

    A freight train travelling between Kirkby and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmoreland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and...

    Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
  • 1934
    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

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

    Granton Trawler
  • 1977
    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    01977HD

    Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...

    Open Door: The Other Cinema
  • 1966
    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    91966HD

    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...

    The Driving Force