Corporate Planning in British Railways

A largely animated exposition of the need for, and methods of improvement, in British Rail Corporate Planning.

The Rail to conquer the peaks

A Swiss railway documentary short.

Jin 141

The Railway of Death in Burma during the Second World War

Thomas & Friends: Rescues on the Railways

Storms, rescues, falling trees, fog, engines getting lost, smelly fish, trucks out of control and more in this action packed set of stories. Including 4 great new songs for everyone to sing-a-long to, Thomas the Tank Eng

The Railways: Engine of Progress

When the first railroads were built some two hundred years ago, they brought about a revolutionary change for mankind, linking cities and countryside, driving the industrial revolution and irrevocably changing the landsc

Life Railways: Restless Wind

The young German journalist Samuel comes to meet Alma Bentes, a renowned Portuguese writer. Over small trips, Samuel records, trilling, fragments immortalised in the tiles of the railway stations. The train stops at life

A New Age for Railways

In a world growing ever shorter of energy, railways are well suited to satisfy the world's future transport needs. This is the story of the new railways in Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Poland and Italy.

Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railways

In Yugoslavia in 1947, 211,000 of the country's young people, joined by 5,735 from abroad, worked with great enthusiasm building the 242 kilometer railroad between Sarajevo and Samac. A newsreel from the period shows the

Hitler's Holocaust Railways

Reshaping British Railways

The film version of Dr. Richard Beeching's plan for the re-shaping of British Railways, showing some of the problems involved, the research necessary, and the answers that were produced.

London's Railways in the 1960s

The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never before released colour f

Railways for Ever!

A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.

Railways Everywhere

short film directed by Tzimis Panousis for his song: Kagela Pantou

A Centennial of Railways of ROC

A film produced by Taiwan Film Studio, which celebrated for the centenary of Chinese railroading.

Railwaymen

A short documentary about the work of railwaymen and life on the railway.

Bedtime Stories: Railways

"As if pictures could think! Einschlafgeschichten doesn't really speak of bridges or railroads but rather of two girls filling the space between daytime and dreamtime with a poetic game, an endless game, a game with no e

Model Railways: Another Lineside Look at Model Railways

A second volume of 'Lineside Look' with Bob Symes, who once again takes the viewer around a variety of layouts, including Petherick, Ashdon and Midport, Combe Mellin and Wheal Louise and Filisur and Port Sandford.

The Railwaymen

The Railwaymen shows the public information film moving onto a peacetime footing, and is one of the first films to bear the name of the Central Office of Information. The COI would go on to sponsor thousands of films, lo

Diesel Power on British Railways

British Railways operate the largest diesel fleet in westen Europe. Close co-operation between the locomotive manufacturers and the railways has led to the development of many different types of engine for different purp

SAS Operation Bulbasket: Part 2 - Destruction of the French railways

Continuing the story of 'Operation Bulbasket' the BHTV team follow the development of the attacks on the railways in order to delay the arrival of crucial German re-enforcements in Normandy. They find the clandestine dro