British Transport Films Movies

Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...

"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss....

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

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

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

Captures the work of completely modernising and remodelling the track and signal approaches to Paddington Station in five weeks, showing the...

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...

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...

Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.

Packaged holidays for the elderly: a party of 'senior citizens' (60-plus) on a holiday which includes a special train from Newcastle to the Isle of...

Features the 07.55 from Sheffield to St Pancras. The camera follows to Leicester, where a young man is late for a job interview thanks to a variety...

An Englishman has just got off the train at St. Enoch Station and is asking a cab driver to show him around Glasgow. Naturally, the cab driver is...

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...

All freight movements over Britain's rail network are monitored and controlled by an advanced computer-based system known as TOPS (Total Operations...

The Channel Islands have had a varied and exciting history. Jersey and Guernsey are ideal places for holidays. Jersey offers a wide variety of...

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

Documentary from British Transport Films

This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the...

An animated film on safety, featuring 'Charlie', a cartoon railwayman.