Transportation Movies

An experimental animation by Kazimierz Urbański about transportation. Combines various techniques: traditional cartoon film, cut-out,...

A man stuck in traffic learns about the benefits of adopting different methods of transportation.

THE STRAIT GUYS follows Czech-born mining engineer, George, and his fast-talking protégé, Scott, along the proposed route of the...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

The documentary, Bob Gurr: Turning Dreams into Reality, tells the story of one of Walt Disney's earliest 1954 Imagineering Legends, Bob Gurr. His...

The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Studs...

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

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...

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

A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak...

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