Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1934
    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    4.91934HD

    Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

    Granton Trawler
  • 1957
    Holiday

    Holiday

    Holiday

    6.71957HD

    Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

    Holiday
  • 1986
    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

    01986HD

    Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...

    Hooray For Holyrood
  • 1963
    Snow

    Snow

    Snow

    6.1961963HD

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

    Snow
  • 1935
    Housing Problems

    Housing Problems

    Housing Problems

    5.81935HD

    The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

    Housing Problems
  • 1963
    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

    71963HD

    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...

    A Hundred Years Underground
  • 1958
    Between the Tides

    Between the Tides

    Between the Tides

    6.31958HD

    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...

    Between the Tides
  • 1954
    The Peak District

    The Peak District

    The Peak District

    01954HD

    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...

    The Peak District
  • 1931
    Industrial Britain

    Industrial Britain

    Industrial Britain

    5.31931HD

    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...

    Industrial Britain
  • 1958
    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    01958HD

    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...

    Under Night Streets
  • 1966
    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    The Driving Force

    91966HD

    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...

    The Driving Force
  • 1965
    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    Wild Wings

    5.81965HD

    Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

    Wild Wings
  • 1969
    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport

    01969HD

    Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...

    Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
  • 1961
    Terminus

    Terminus

    Terminus

    71961HD

    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...

    Terminus
  • 1950
    Berth 24

    Berth 24

    Berth 24

    7.51950HD

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

    Berth 24
  • 1954
    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    61954HD

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

    Elizabethan Express
  • 1973
    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    The Scene from Melbury House

    01973HD

    As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives...

    The Scene from Melbury House
  • 1970
    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    London on the Move

    01970HD

    How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....

    London on the Move
  • 1977
    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    Open Door: The Other Cinema

    01977HD

    Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...

    Open Door: The Other Cinema
  • 1952
    Away for the Day

    Away for the Day

    Away for the Day

    01952HD

    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...

    Away for the Day