Von British Transport Films Studios
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1979
Robbie
Robbie6.00 1979 HD
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...
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1963
Snow
Snow6.20 1963 HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
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1966
Glasgow Belongs to Me
Glasgow Belongs to Me1 1966 HD
An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...
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1974
Points and Aspects
Points and Aspects1 1974 HD
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...
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1977
The Finishing Line
The Finishing Line5.60 1977 HD
When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....
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1952
Journey to the Sea
Journey to the Sea1 1952 HD
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...
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1957
Fully Fitted Freight
Fully Fitted Freight1 1957 HD
An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.
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1961
Terminus
Terminus7.00 1961 HD
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...
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1970
London on the Move
London on the Move1 1970 HD
How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....
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1966
The Driving Force
The Driving Force9.00 1966 HD
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...
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1954
Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan Express6.00 1954 HD
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...
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1958
Journey Into Spring
Journey Into Spring5.70 1958 HD
Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a...
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2010
London's Railways in the 1960s
London's Railways in the 1960s1 2010 HD
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...
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1969
How They Dug the Victoria Line
How They Dug the Victoria Line1 1969 HD
First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings...
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1955
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill6.40 1955 HD
Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.
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1957
Holiday
Holiday6.70 1957 HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
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1951
There Go the Boats
There Go the Boats6.00 1951 HD
An historical account looking at how Britain's canals were used, and declining, in 1951.
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1970
People in Railways
People in Railways1 1970 HD
A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.
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1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal6.00 1952 HD
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...
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1952
Channel Islands
Channel Islands1 1952 HD
The Channel Islands have had a varied and exciting history. Jersey and Guernsey are ideal places for holidays. Jersey offers a wide variety of...