British Transport Films Movies

When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....

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...

Captures the work of completely modernising and remodelling the track and signal approaches to Paddington Station in five weeks, showing the...

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss....

Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their...

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

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.

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

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

A largely animated exposition of the need for, and methods of improvement, in British Rail Corporate Planning.

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for...

An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...

SELNEC is the largest public transport system in Britain, outside London, covering South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire. The film shows some...

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

The Nine Road is the busman's name for one of London's oldest and most used bus routes, running between Mortlake and Liverpool Street. The film takes...

Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.

Collage film about the history of trains set to music.

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