Edgar Anstey Movies

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

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

Coach passengers give their reasons for preferring that type of transport. A group of ramblers visit the Welsh mountains; an angler and his family...

The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

Two visitors enjoying Scotland, an enthusiastic but inexperienced golfer improving on the world's greatest courses; his wife exploring spectacular...

Propaganda film, capturing “the work of the government’s training camps and instructional centres for unemployed men.” - NFA...

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...

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.

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...

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

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...

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...

Impressions of a great city from daybreak to dusk. A roving camera and smooth theme music say more than words. London's traditional sights -...

There have been railways in this country for over three hundred years. In the nineteenth century, railways spread across Britain and changed the...

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...

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...

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.