Edgar Anstey Movies
- 1934
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.91934HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
- 1963
Snow
Snow6.1961963HD
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from...
- 1941
How to File
How to File01941HD
Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.
- 1986
Hooray For Holyrood
Hooray For Holyrood01986HD
Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and...
- 1967
Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload
Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload01967HD
The film's contents are as follows: Merry-go-round coal trains - between collieries and power stations; Motorail; stations - Birmingham New St.,...
- 1954
The Peak District
The Peak District01954HD
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...
- 1952
Ocean Terminal
Ocean Terminal61952HD
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...
- 1970
People in Railways
People in Railways01970HD
A compilation film about the complex railway systems of Great Britain, demonstrating the work and individual responsibilities of many departments.
- 1957
Holiday
Holiday6.71957HD
Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.
- 1977
Open Door: The Other Cinema
Open Door: The Other Cinema01977HD
Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC...
- 1935
Housing Problems
Housing Problems5.81935HD
The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.
- 1951
This Year – London
This Year – London6.31951HD
A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.
- 1952
Dodging the Column
Dodging the Column01952HD
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the...
- 1961
Terminus
Terminus71961HD
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...
- 1942
Dustbin Parade
Dustbin Parade01942HD
The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.
- 1934
6.30 Collection
6.30 Collection21934HD
Short documentary showing the workings of a large London sorting office.
- 1931
Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain5.4291931HD
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...
- 1954
Elizabethan Express
Elizabethan Express61954HD
Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...
- 1969
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport
Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport01969HD
Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay;...
- 1954
The Heart of England
The Heart of England01954HD
The Cotswolds are the largest areas of Britain, stretching over a hundred miles from Chipping Camden to the city of Bath.