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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.
- Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
- This British government public-information film is aimed at children and shows them the dangers of playing on railway tracks.
- The cycle of the seasons in the land around Selborne in Hampshire, home town of Gilbert White, country parson and naturalist.
- A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.
- 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)
- A look at the future of the railways in Britain.
- 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 happy to oblige and the visitor gets to see the City first hand.
- Documental account of trains, railway workers, passengers and landscapes in the winter of 1963 in the UK (The Big Freeze).
- A look at British involvement in the construction of the new double-track railway from Kowloon, on Hong Kong's harbor, to the Chinese border.
- The story of the fast freight, 4.48 pm, Bristol to Leeds, vacuum braked throughout.
- 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.
- A guided tour of the once famous Aldenham bus overhaul works of London Transport in the 1950s.
- A series of minor mistakes and poor decisions by multiple British Rail employees leads a train to become increasingly late.
- A look at the wildlife living on the seashore in the UK.
- Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
- Exploring the contrast between road transport congestion and rail transport.
- Drama and romance in the lives of those working at Southampton Docks.
- 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.
- 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.
- A passenger train suffers a series of small delays caused by lack of communication, thoughtlessness, and unsound judgment.
- A travel guide to the English county of Sussex.
- Commemorates the closure of London's tramways.
- 1950s summer holidays along the Lancashire coast, with a jazz accompaniment.
- A documentary showing how different materials were evaluated for the building of the Victoria Underground line in London.
- Although produced by British Transport Films, this was commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a way of showing off British engineering to potential overseas markets.