Most Viewed From British Transport Films

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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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

Cast: Peggy Ashcroft

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alan Wheatley

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Scott

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

Cast: Antony Carrick

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

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Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Goodliffe

Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."

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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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Robert Shaw

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...

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

Genre: Documentary

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The Nine Road is the busman's name for one of London's oldest and most used bus routes, running between Mortlake and Liverpool Street. The film takes...

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

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Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Iain Anders

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move". Informational film about the London Underground’s ticket machines and automatic barriers.

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A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Donald Houston

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Slater

Documentary from British Transport Films

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Cast: John Betjeman

Intended for training railway permanent way men, capturing how men working on the track react as a train approaches.

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A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gary Watson