Edgar Anstey Movies

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

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...

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

A documentary examining the modernization of Britain’s railways through large-scale engineering and infrastructure renewal.

Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.

Replacing a century-old rail tunnel at Woodhead, co-ordinated road haulage services in Argyllshire, Whitemoor freight marshalling yeard, Bristol bus...

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

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

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

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

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

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

The pleasures of sailing off the Isle of Wight are described by Uffa Fox, while Ralph Wightman tells of the peaceful life of its farms and villages.

A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes...

The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research...

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

A 200-ton transformer is moved by road from Hayes, Middlesex, to Iver, Bucks. Behind the story of the journey there is another tale: the problems...

Behind Britain's railway modernisation lies research, design and development. Research ensures in various ways that passengers travel fast, safely...

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great...