Edgar Anstey Movies

  • 1952
    Away for the Day

    Away for the Day

    Away for the Day

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    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...

    Away for the Day
  • 1967
    Second Nature

    Second Nature

    Second Nature

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    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...

    Second Nature
  • 1966
    Forward to First Principles

    Forward to First Principles

    Forward to First Principles

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

    Forward to First Principles
  • 1951
    Work in Progress

    Work in Progress

    Work in Progress

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

    Work in Progress
  • 1975
    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

    Age of Invention

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

    Age of Invention
  • 1959
    An Artist Looks at Churches

    An Artist Looks at Churches

    An Artist Looks at Churches

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    On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory...

    An Artist Looks at Churches
  • 1961
    Wild Highlands

    Wild Highlands

    Wild Highlands

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

    Wild Highlands
  • 1960
    They Take the High Road

    They Take the High Road

    They Take the High Road

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    The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

    They Take the High Road
  • 1958
    Giant Load

    Giant Load

    Giant Load

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    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...

    Giant Load
  • 1969
    The Victoria Line Report No. 5: London's Victoria Line

    The Victoria Line Report No. 5: London's Victoria Line

    The Victoria Line Report No. 5: London's Victoria Line

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    The final episode of five reports on the construction of the Victoria Line in London. This one is edited highlights from the first four with very...

    The Victoria Line Report No. 5: London's Victoria Line
  • 1959
    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

    Care of St Christopher’s

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    ‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

    Care of St Christopher’s
  • 1956
    The Long Night Haul

    The Long Night Haul

    The Long Night Haul

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

    The Long Night Haul
  • 1943
    Words and Actions

    Words and Actions

    Words and Actions

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

    Words and Actions
  • 1946
    Fenlands

    Fenlands

    Fenlands

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

    Fenlands
  • 1957
    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

    A Future on Rail

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    Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.

    A Future on Rail
  • 1958
    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

    Under Night Streets

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    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...

    Under Night Streets