British Transport Films Populaire film

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

Genre: Action

Gips: Antony Carrick

Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...

Genre: Documentary

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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...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Michael Goodliffe

The re-signalling of 1000 track miles from the River Weaver to the Clyde brings the whole line from London to Glasgow under one system of push-button...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Gary Watson

Sussex - A country rich in scenic beauty and history. South Down and Weald - open space and green woodland. This is Sussex, a county rich in scenic...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Peter Halliday

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

Genre: Documentary

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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...

Genre: Horror

Gips: Peter Purves

Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.

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Gips: Deryck Guyler

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

Genre: Documentary

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

Genre: Documentary

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The electrification of the London Midland Region main line between London, Manchester and Liverpool at 25KV AC, using overhead wires and drawing...

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

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Anthony Marsh

This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Peggy Ashcroft

A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Richard Baker

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Sam Heydon

South Wales is an area of great natural beauty - from the Brecon Beacons in the north of the area to the rugged coastline of Pembrokeshire in the...

Genre: Documentary

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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.

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Donald Houston

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

Genre: Documentary

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This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the...

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Howard Marion-Crawford

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

Genre: Documentary

Gips: Michael Aspel