British Transport Films Movies
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Snow
SnowMOVIE
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from t...
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Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan ExpressMOVIE
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along the...
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Train Time
Train TimeMOVIE
A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.
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Holiday
HolidayMOVIE
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
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The Finishing Line
The Finishing LineMOVIE
When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Origi...
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Terminus
TerminusMOVIE
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...
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One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film
One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in FilmMOVIE
Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. Mander, now living in Kirkcudbrightshire, recal...
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London's Railways in the 1960s
London's Railways in the 1960sMOVIE
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news wer...
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The Nine Road
The Nine RoadMOVIE
The Nine Road is the busman's name for one of London's oldest and most used bus routes, running between Mortlake and Liverpool Street. The film takes...
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Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment
Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the EnvironmentMOVIE
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 exampl...
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They Had an Idea
They Had an IdeaMOVIE
In every industry men still need skill and knowledge, but the addition of a dash of imagination will often mean more pleasure from the job as well as...
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Ocean Terminal
Ocean TerminalMOVIE
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...
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Between the Tides
Between the TidesMOVIE
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 Britai...
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Round Trip to Glasgow
Round Trip to GlasgowMOVIE
British Transport film.
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The Peak District
The Peak DistrictMOVIE
The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the f...
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How They Dug the Victoria Line
How They Dug the Victoria LineMOVIE
First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the...
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Dodging the Column
Dodging the ColumnMOVIE
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the r...
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Link Span
Link SpanMOVIE
Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with th...
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Down to Sussex
Down to SussexMOVIE
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 be...
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Reshaping British Railways
Reshaping British RailwaysMOVIE
The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research necessary,...