Most Viewed From British Transport Films

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

A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

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.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of...

Short film about the upgrades and technological improvements on the British railways.

The epic of the earliest days of Britain's railways and the men who built them. It concentrates on the achievements of George and Robert Stephenson...

An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes. Offers a forecast of the...

'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways is based on this belief. The film shows parts of...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

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....

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.

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes...

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

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...

In a world growing ever shorter of energy, railways are well suited to satisfy the world's future transport needs. This is the story of the new...

A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes...

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

Whether it is a paddle in the sea or a visit to some Roman remains, a day spent watching the countryside go by or an afternoon's inspection of a...