British Transport Films Movies

Building a new harbour at Port Talbot - it’s a man’s world in which the only females are a dredger and two seafaring vessels.

Five and a half minutes from Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill, in the driver's cab of the Blue Pullman to the accompianiment of Johann Strauss's "Pe...

Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."

Intended for training railway permanent way men, capturing how men working on the track react as a train approaches.

Documentary from British Transport Films

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

Documentary from British Transport Films

Documentary from British Transport Films

Aspects of the precision and drama of locomotive manufacture, composed to form a lively pattern in picture and sound.

The story of a journey from the Yorkshire Dales to Switzerland via Dover and France, made by a party of schoolgirls showing how British rail contribut...

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

One of six films which examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only availab...

Commercial and technical developments on British Rail: new freight loads, air conditioned carriages, an ultrasonic test-train for checking the permane...

An insufferable journey by 'The Pain Train' shows how seconds lost by staff, for one slight reason or another, can quickly add up; causing a train to...

Two and a half million passengers every day all over the country; thousands of trains, each to be cleaned at the end of its journey. This film shows i...

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

A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes to...

Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

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 Wi...