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- A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes to long distance coach routes. Accompanied by extracts from BBC radio.
- The movie follows the routine of a busy train station - London's Waterloo Station - making a brief yet important cultural portrait of 1960s England, mixing reality and fiction.
- A travel guide to the English county of Sussex.
- This British government public-information film is aimed at children and shows them the dangers of playing on railway tracks.
- 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 some reason. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers.
- The cycle of the seasons in the land around Selborne in Hampshire, home town of Gilbert White, country parson and naturalist.
- 28 minute account of sorting and delivering letters.
- Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Short film about the upgrades and technological improvements on the British railways.
- In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.
- A full day looking at the London Transport Bus Route 9 from Mortlake through Central London to Dalston. Shows from drivers, conductors, controllers and passengers perspectives from 5 am to midnight.
- A British Railways staff training film about procedures following a derailment and line blockage.
- Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman units. As with earlier British Transport Films, many of the personnel, scientists, engineers, crew and passengers were featured in the 20 minute film. It won several awards, including the Technical & Industrial Information section of the Festival for Films for Television in 1961. The film is also particularly noted for its score, by Clifton Parker, which, unlike the earlier Elizabethan Express is uninterrupted by any commentary. (Wikipedia)
- Showing how signals and points were maintained and emergency repairs conducted in the early 1950s.
- 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 little new information.
- A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.
- Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their responsibilities for staff safety.
- The construction of the Severn tunnel and a record of the unique group of six Cornish beam engines which kept the tunnel free of water for over 70 years before being replaced by electric pumps.
- The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
- Documental account of trains, railway workers, passengers and landscapes in the winter of 1963 in the UK (The Big Freeze).
- In 1976, British Rail introduced an iconic new train, the HST (High Speed Train) 125, which was capable of travelling at up to 125 mph. A marketing campaign fronted by Jimmy Savile using the slogan "This is the age of the train" helped revive the poor image and looming financial crisis of British Rail.
- This was the sixth (of thirteen) in a series of reports made for and about the British Railways Modernisation Plan, looking at a number of innovations being introduced.
- The history of British Railways from George Stephenson's early inventions in 1825 to the present day.
- A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.
- A look at the wildlife living on the seashore in the UK.
- Drama and romance in the lives of those working at Southampton Docks.
- A look back at the first 150 years of London buses from the first horse drawn ones through to the Routemaster.
- A film that has been shot from the drivers cam so it appears that the train is travelling at 1250 mph between London and Peterborough. It was released as a promotional novelty.
- Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
- A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.
- How to drive a diesel multiple-unit train.
- Aimed at children, Joe Brown tells the story of some of the exhibits at Clapham Transport Museum. He also sings accompanied by his usual band "The Bruvvers".
- Documentary film about the track workers and "fluffers" (track cleaners) who maintain the London Underground system every night during the few hours when the trains are not running.
- BTF compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain.
- A passenger train suffers a series of small delays caused by lack of communication, thoughtlessness, and unsound judgment.
- A film showing the development of the Freightliner services in Britain and how it was of benefit to both rail, sea and road transport. It also looks at how it extended across Europe.
- Compilation film of BTF productions, made for a screening in Washington, on the technical achievements of British Rail.
- A look at Derby's Railway Technical Centre, which exists to apply science to the practical problems arising from a changing railway system which has its roots in the past.
- The story of John Grierson, the British documentary movement, and Canada's National Film Board.