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1963
Snow
Snow6.20 1963 HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
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1974
Points and Aspects
Points and Aspects1 1974 HD
The re-signalling of 1000 track miles from the River Weaver to the Clyde brings the whole line from London to Glasgow under one system of push-button...
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1970
Rush Hour
Rush Hour1 1970 HD
Time lapse photography shows the swarm of commuters at London Waterloo station racing about at top speed.
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1970
London on the Move
London on the Move1 1970 HD
How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....
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1961
Terminus
Terminus7.00 1961 HD
This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours...
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1957
Holiday
Holiday6.70 1957 HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
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1966
The Driving Force
The Driving Force9.00 1966 HD
Britain operates the most experienced diesel and electric railway in tne world. A century and a half ago she invented the steam engine and introduced...
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1955
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill
Snowdrift at Bleath Gill6.40 1955 HD
Snowploughs are readied to rescue a snowbound train - in one of the most popular of all British Transport Films.
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1977
The Finishing Line
The Finishing Line5.60 1977 HD
When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....
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1954
Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan Express6.00 1954 HD
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...
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1952
Journey to the Sea
Journey to the Sea1 1952 HD
This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the...
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1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal6.00 1952 HD
Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...
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1954
The Peak District
The Peak District1 1954 HD
The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the...
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2010
London's Railways in the 1960s
London's Railways in the 1960s1 2010 HD
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...
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1976
The Nine Road
The Nine Road1 1976 HD
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...
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1969
How They Dug the Victoria Line
How They Dug the Victoria Line1 1969 HD
First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings...
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1952
Dodging the Column
Dodging the Column1 1952 HD
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...
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1964
Down to Sussex
Down to Sussex8.00 1964 HD
Sussex - A country rich in scenic beauty and history. South Down and Weald - open space and green woodland. This is Sussex, a county rich in scenic...
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2001
One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film
One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film1 2001 HD
Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. Mander, now living in Kirkcudbrightshire,...
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1960
Blue Pullman
Blue Pullman7.70 1960 HD
Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...