Edgar Anstey Movies

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...

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

The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

An illustrated lecture given by Dr. Beeching on the development and improvement of Britain's major railway trunk routes. Offers a forecast of the...

A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.

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...

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

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...

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...

Impressions of a great city from daybreak to dusk. A roving camera and smooth theme music say more than words. London's traditional sights -...

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...

When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

Edgar Anstey and Arthur Elton’s sponsored documentary on Britain’s malnutrition crisis, blending expert testimony (Julian Huxley, J. B....

Propaganda film, capturing “the work of the government’s training camps and instructional centres for unemployed men.” - NFA...

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...

Information on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.

Film showcasing the tourist attractions, culture and natural beauty of Ireland.

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

One of four wartime farming films showing the four seasons in 1941 and 1942, Winter on the Farm was made at Upton Manor Farm, Uploders, Dorset, and ...

A look at life in the Fenlands (a coastal, marshy plain in eastern England) in 1940's.