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  1. Not So Great Railway Journeys (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Mike Robinson
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, railway services are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and delayed trains. Examines whether the government’s railway privatisation...

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  2. Watercress Line, The (1979 Video)

    Director
    Graham M Geddes
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    A record of the rise and decline of a cross-country railway and of its resuscitation as a preserved line. The construction of the Mid-Hants Railway and its opening from Alton to Winchester Junction in 1865...

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  3. 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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  4. Night Mail/West Highland (2004)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 minutes), £19.99

    A compilation of two classic films on steam trains

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  5. Civil Engineering (2001)

    Subject
    Engineering; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 98 min), £15.99 inclusive

    A compilation of 5 films from the British Transport Films collection. Volume 7 in the series.

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  6. Itn Roving Report: Railways of the World (1958)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 91 minutes), £11.99

    In the late 1950s and early 1960s, ITN filmed a series of news items abroad called ‘Roving Report’; most remain unseen since their initial broadcast. This collection brings together a number of reports...

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  7. City, The 3 (1939 Video)

    Director
    Ralph Elton
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w?. 19 min.

    Sir Charles Bressey talks about the Bressey Report and urges its implementation. The film also illustrates the growth of london since the late 19th century, the work of the ministry of Transport Research...

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  8. Question of Balance, A (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    For two days during the autumn of 1975, a partially collapsed tower crane threatened Queen Street mainline railway station in Glasgow. Stage by stage, the crane was delicately dismantled and made safe. The...

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  9. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (1995)

    Producer
    Andrew Macaulay
    Subject
    Psychiatry; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £80.00

    Discusses post-traumatic stress disorder. In two parts: 1 (18 min): Shows the nature of the experience, using a railway incident as the main example, and but also includes Aberfan, Skopje, battle stress and...

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  10. 30s Britain Volume 1: Granton Trawler (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of five films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘Granton Trawler’ (1934) directed by John Grierson. About a trawler fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘Coal Face’ (1935) directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. An...

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