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....

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

A documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.

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...

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

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...

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

Two keen hostelling youths, Ken Moody and Brian Cotton, convert a boat in their native Selby into a youth hostel, and get the chance to air their...

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

Industrial film showcasing Hull’s status as a thriving international port.

Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on...

Sets out to persuade businesspeople of the advantages of going from city to city by train. How it gives them time to relax, work or sleep in comfort.