From British Transport Films Studios
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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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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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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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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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1957
Every Valley
Every Valley7.00 1957 HD
A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.
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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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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...
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1963
A Hundred Years Underground
A Hundred Years Underground7.00 1963 HD
A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak...
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1957
Holiday
Holiday6.70 1957 HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
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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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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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1961
Wild Highlands
Wild Highlands1 1961 HD
The flora and fauna of the Scottish highlands, including footage of ospreys, and stags in Argyle.
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1973
The Scene from Melbury House
The Scene from Melbury House1 1973 HD
As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives...
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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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1955
Yorkshire Sands
Yorkshire Sands1 1955 HD
Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy...
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1962
North to the Dales
North to the Dales1 1962 HD
The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time....
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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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1959
The Coasts of Clyde
The Coasts of Clyde1 1959 HD
A short documentary.
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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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1954
The Heart of England
The Heart of England1 1954 HD
The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.