Movies

A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

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

The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research...

Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...

Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the...

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

A short documentary.

A British documentary short about nutrition

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

Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

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...

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Replacing a century-old rail tunnel at Woodhead, co-ordinated road haulage services in Argyllshire, Whitemoor freight marshalling yeard, Bristol bus...

The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

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

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...

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