British Transport Films Movies

A review of innovation and development within BR and its businesses, including: modernisation of freight facilities and service to new companies; prog...

The flora and fauna of the Scottish highlands, including footage of ospreys, and stags in Argyle.

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

Examines Britian's industrial heritage, concentrating on the period between 1708 and 1850, and showing many examples of surviving relics of the period...

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...

Captures the work of the British Rail Parcel Service, illustrating the story of five different consignments over a twenty-four hour period. These are:...

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 Cook....

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

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the railways...

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...

A short documentary.

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

A film giving instruction in the normal maintenance tasks which have to be performed by a permanent-way gang of four men. It shows how all types of fa...

Film charting the development of the London bus from 1829 to 1979, with the 150th anniversary of Shilibeer's first service, featuring a procession of...

A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

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

Explores the possibilities of the upcoming Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. The final BTF production shot on film.

British Transport film.

The history of the BRS (British Road Services),the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."