British Transport Films Movies

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

This film draws attention to the new pattern that is emerging as the modernisation scheme progresses. It refers now and again to work shown in previou...

Many of today's railway problems were created during the years of competition between the various railway companies. At Sheffield, for instance, diffe...

As the thousands of passengers move about Britain every day, the railway system they use is being transformed : soaring concrete sustains new stations...

As the Modernisation Scheme for British Railways enters its sixth year, its effects become increasingly apparant in every aspect of railway work throu...

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

A film made for the staff of the (then) British Rail featuring mainly Sir Peter Parker explaining to staff how, as the new Chairman, he intended to ta...

Short film about the upgrades and technological improvements on the British railways.

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

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

This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to m...

The majority of railway vehicles are fitted with cast iron brake blocks which, although relatively cheap to produce, wear rapidly in service and need...

A report on the progress of the Bedford/St. Pancras suburban electrification scheme. An internal BR staff film which would not have been generally sho...

The London Motor Club members, with their families, took their cars by Motorail for a contest with the Torbay club, and the camera was there to record...

Keeping pace with rapidly developing social and industrial needs is the aim of modernisation on the North Eastern Region. The building of new marshall...

Number 73020, a standard Class 5 locomotive, has been in traffic for sixteen days, and goes back to the sheds for cleaning inside and out and a detail...

Part four in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single pro...

Part three in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single pr...

Part two in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single proj...

The first in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single pro...