British Transport Films Movies

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...

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...

Collage film about the history of trains set to music.

Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular pla...

In the cities of Britain we can travel in time as well as space. This film chooses the England of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Robert Adam and Captain Cook....

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

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

The people of the Scottish Highlands live in small communities set in landscapes of unsurpassed beauty.

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the...

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

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

The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time. The...

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

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...

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

Approximately 40,000 people use the Waterloo & City Underground line every day. For years they had walked to and from the platforms at the Bank by a s...

The history of the BRS (British Road Services),the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

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

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...

How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic. Col...