British Transport Films Movies

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...

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

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

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the railways...

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...

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...

Film charting the development of the London bus from 1829 to 1979, with the 150th anniversary of Shilibeer's first service, featuring a procession of...

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

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

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

The flora and fauna of the Scottish highlands, including footage of ospreys, and stags in Argyle.

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...

A 200-ton transformer is moved by road from Hayes, Middlesex, to Iver, Bucks. Behind the story of the journey there is another tale: the problems whic...

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.

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

Collage film about the history of trains set to music.

Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...

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.

Neptune, an automatic and electronically equipped track fault recorder; Tinsley marshalling yard; freight trains - cement, limestone, cars; Reading st...

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...