Edgar Anstey Movies
- 1931
Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain5.31931HD
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...
- 1958
Under Night Streets
Under Night Streets01958HD
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...
- 1954
The Peak District
The Peak District01954HD
The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the...
- 1963
A Hundred Years Underground
A Hundred Years Underground71963HD
A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak...
- 1963
Snow
Snow6.21963HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
- 1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal61952HD
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...
- 1934
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.9471934HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
- 1957
Holiday
Holiday6.71957HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
- 1969
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport01969HD
Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...
- 1961
Terminus
Terminus71961HD
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...
- 1950
Berth 24
Berth 247.51950HD
In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.
- 1935
Housing Problems
Housing Problems5.81935HD
The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.
- 1954
Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan Express61954HD
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...
- 1934
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection21934HD
Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
- 1966
The Driving Force
The Driving Force91966HD
Britain operates the most experienced diesel and electric railway in tne world. A century and a half ago she invented the steam engine and introduced...
- 1962
North to the Dales
North to the Dales01962HD
The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....
- 1977
Open Door: The Other Cinema
Open Door: The Other Cinema01977HD
Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...
- 1957
Every Valley
Every Valley71957HD
A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.
- 1951
This Year – London
This Year – London6.31951HD
A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.
- 1936
Enough to Eat?
Enough to Eat?01936HD
A British documentary short about nutrition