Transportation Movies

"The End of the Line - Rochester's Subway" tells the little-known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from...

A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British...

800 million units circulate around the globe. It is the largest contributor to air pollution worldwide and accounts for 8,300 deaths every day. And...

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya, the world's largest cargo plane and the pride of Ukraine, was destroyed in a Russian attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv...

A film aimed at showing young people the range of careers open to them if they joined British Rail as an apprentice. It shows the support and...

The operation of the London Transport central Lost Property Office at Baker Street. Collected in BFI's "London on the Move."

America's desire for freedom and the open road resulted in the construction of thousands of highways during the Eisenhower administration. Through...

The electrification of the London Midland Region main line between London, Manchester and Liverpool at 25KV AC, using overhead wires and drawing...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Two kids talk about the social changes required in their country to take advantage of new technology for bettering the environment.

A multibillion-pound investment is underway to make our railways bigger, better and faster. Over three years, we go behind the scenes with...

For the past ten years, Jürgen Henn has filmed over-height trucks crashing into the 11foot8 train bridge affectionately nicknamed the "Can...

A technical documentary on the development of improved railway brake materials to increase performance and durability.

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...