British Transport Films Movies

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...

Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshi...

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

Intended for European audiences to encourage them to drive to Britain for their holidays. Shows the travel facilities offered by Sealink, and suggests...

Documentary from British Transport Films

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...

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...

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...

Documentary from British Transport Films

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

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

Documentary from British Transport Films

Report No. 11 in a series of 13 topical films. Because 1970 was European Conservation Year, this issue of the Rail Report Series was devoted to exampl...

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

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...

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.

The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St., Durha...

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

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...