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  1. Reports in Brief

    Date released
    8 Dec 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2272
    NoS ID
    044107
    Story no
    3 / 7

    French testing car is borrowed by British Railways to survey track between London and Reading.

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  2. Britain’s Railways at War (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 201 minutes), £19.99

    A comprehensive collection of original archive documentaries covering the wartime role of railways on the British Home Front, featuring a variety of period steam locomotives and dealing with a variety of...

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  3. Railway Women Help Monty on Right Lines

    Date released
    21 Aug 1944
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1406
    NoS ID
    039268
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    In increasing numbers women replace men on British railways, helping to transport record volume of goods.

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  4. Playing Trains

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    455
    NoS ID
    350645
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: British Railways have ceased to use steam trains, but they are still running on branch lines owned by private individuals.

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  5. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    14 Dec 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    402
    NoS ID
    347544
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: a demonstration of the mechanism which has displaced the ‘fog man’ on British railways

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  6. Locomotion, Rail, Snow (1992 Video)

    Director
    Geoffrey Jones
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; Geoffrey Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 37 min., 1992 sale: £10.99

    LOCOMOTION (1975, 15 min), produced by Geoffrey Jones, presents a chronology of British railway history and made to commemorate the 150th anniversity of the Stockton and Darlington railway, the world’s...

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  7. Classics, The (1999 Video)

    Director
    Kenneth Fairbairn; John Rowdon; John Shearman; Tony Thompson
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 91 min., 1999 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A British Transport Films compilation video made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film unit of the British Transport Commission. All the films were produced by Edgar Anstey.

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  8. British Transport Films Collection Vol. 4: Reshaping British Railways (2006)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 247 minutes), £19.99

    The fourth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the nationalisation...

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  9. School For Signalmen

    Date released
    1948
    Series name
    This Is Britain
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    351900
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: British railways have a high reputation for safety. Much of this is due to the thoroughness of the training given to signalmen.

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  10. Locomotive Testing Station

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Our Magazine
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    353029
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: two boys watching the testing of an express engine at the British Railways Locomotive Testing Station, Rugby

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