British Transport Films Movies

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

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...

Features the 07.55 from Sheffield to St Pancras. The camera follows to Leicester, where a young man is late for a job interview thanks to a variety...

Packaged holidays for the elderly: a party of 'senior citizens' (60-plus) on a holiday which includes a special train from Newcastle to the Isle of...

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

Captures the work of completely modernising and remodelling the track and signal approaches to Paddington Station in five weeks, showing the...

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.

Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

An animated film on safety, featuring 'Charlie', a cartoon railwayman.

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...

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

A musical illustration of life, where road traffic chaos breeds anger and frustration, but the rail network is fast, smooth and relaxing.

“Promotes trade with Britain among other countries in the European Community after the UK's entry on 1st January 1973. Kelloggs is given as an...

A largely animated exposition of the need for, and methods of improvement, in British Rail Corporate Planning.

Lost, Stolen, Damaged - the constant £2 million a year problem of claims against British Railways is debated in this film, in which railwaymen,...

An historical account looking at how Britain's canals were used, and declining, in 1951.

Documentary from British Transport Films