British Transport Films Movies

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

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

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

Documentary from British Transport Films

Documentary from British Transport Films

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

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....

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great technolog...

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

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

Documentary from British Transport Films

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

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

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...

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...

A study of the development of British Rail's hovercraft services in the Solent and across the Channel, using SRN6, HM2 and SRN4 air-cushion vehicles.

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.

A short film focusing on the account of a coaching tour told by the driver, who attempts to try to create a happy atmosphere and cement friendships.

An animated film on safety, featuring 'Charlie', a cartoon railwayman.

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...