British Transport Films Movies

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

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage and this film gives...

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...

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

Captures the work of the British Rail Parcel Service, illustrating the story of five different consignments over a twenty-four hour period. These are:...

A BAFTA nominated documentary on the canals of England illustrated by a journey from London to Birmingham.

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on Britis...

A film giving instruction in the normal maintenance tasks which have to be performed by a permanent-way gang of four men. It shows how all types of fa...

The City of Sheffield is renewing itself, but until recently Sheffield's railway network exemplified the confusion and inefficiency created by competi...

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move". Informational film about the London Underground’s ticket machines and automatic barriers.

The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very litt...

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

The complex technology of modern rail track is shown, covering component manufacturers, current methods of laying track and its maintenance.

British Rail's wagon control system and how it works, concentrating on the information most useful to the specific wagon operating staff.

The extension of the electrification of the Southend line from Shenfield to Southend. The last steam train leaves Liverpool Street and makes its way f...

Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."

People will always need transport and transport will always need people. Addressed particularly to boys of school-leaving age and to young men complet...

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 of...

A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.

Documentary from British Transport Films