British Transport Films Movies

Documentary from British Transport Films

An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is happ...

Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

Based on the sequence of events which led to the deaths of two young trackmen, concluding with an enquiry into the reasons why they were killed. Inten...

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an Academy...

A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.

Documentary from British Transport Films

Sets out to persuade businesspeople of the advantages of going from city to city by train. How it gives them time to relax, work or sleep in comfort.

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory o...

As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives o...

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

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

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

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...

Collage film about the history of trains set to music.

The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St., Durha...