British Transport Films Movies

  • 1976
    The Nine Road

    The Nine Road

    The Nine Road

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    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...

    The Nine Road
  • 1958
    The Travel Game

    The Travel Game

    The Travel Game

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    A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from...

    The Travel Game
  • 1977
    The Finishing Line

    The Finishing Line

    The Finishing Line

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    When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....

    The Finishing Line
  • 1980
    Safe at Work?

    Safe at Work?

    Safe at Work?

    01980HD

    Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their...

    Safe at Work?
  • 1959
    Three Is Company

    Three Is Company

    Three Is Company

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    An American couple tour Britain with a teenage girl, visiting London, Canterbury, Cambridge, the West Country, Caernarvon, etc.

    Three Is Company
  • 1979
    Robbie

    Robbie

    Robbie

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    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...

    Robbie
  • 1957
    Holiday

    Holiday

    Holiday

    6.71957HD

    Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

    Holiday
  • 1952
    Day-to-Day Track Maintenance Part II: Switches & Crossings

    Day-to-Day Track Maintenance Part II: Switches & Crossings

    Day-to-Day Track Maintenance Part II: Switches & Crossings

    01952HD

    Continuing the study of the normal tasks performed by a permanent-way gang, this film deals with the maintenance of switches, common crossings and...

    Day-to-Day Track Maintenance Part II: Switches & Crossings
  • 2010
    London's Railways in the 1960s

    London's Railways in the 1960s

    London's Railways in the 1960s

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    The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...

    London's Railways in the 1960s
  • 1972
    Rail Report 12: This Year by Rail

    Rail Report 12: This Year by Rail

    Rail Report 12: This Year by Rail

    01972HD

    Commercial and technical developments on British Rail: new freight loads, air conditioned carriages, an ultrasonic test-train for checking the...

    Rail Report 12: This Year by Rail
  • 1965
    Europe by Train

    Europe by Train

    Europe by Train

    01965HD

    A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes...

    Europe by Train
  • 1963
    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

    A Hundred Years Underground

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    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...

    A Hundred Years Underground
  • 1981
    The Train Makers

    The Train Makers

    The Train Makers

    01981HD

    The achievements of BREL - British Rail Engineering Limited - are celebrated in this promotional film looking at two of the company's 13 workshops,...

    The Train Makers
  • 1963
    Snow

    Snow

    Snow

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

    Snow
  • 1979
    Omnibus 150

    Omnibus 150

    Omnibus 150

    01979HD

    Film charting the development of the London bus from 1829 to 1979, with the 150th anniversary of Shilibeer's first service, featuring a procession of...

    Omnibus 150
  • 1961
    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

    Speaking of Freight

    01961HD

    When a business tycoon allows himself to be 'snared' into seeing some films in a railway traffic manager's office, there must be a reason for it. In...

    Speaking of Freight
  • 1982
    Inter-City 1250

    Inter-City 1250

    Inter-City 1250

    01982HD

    A journey from London King's Cross to Peterborough on the fastest Inter-City Special - at a speed of well over 1250 mph! A sped-up four-minute High...

    Inter-City 1250
  • 1954
    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

    Elizabethan Express

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    Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

    Elizabethan Express
  • 1986
    Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way

    Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way

    Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way

    01986HD

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

    Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way
  • 1952
    Train Time

    Train Time

    Train Time

    01952HD

    A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

    Train Time