Here you can download MP4 files of videos posted on our YouTube channel, plus some other titles from our video archives. They are only GBP1.95 each, except for "White Van Meets Steam" train which is just GBP0.75
Scenes shot in the early 1990s on the Soouth West Main Line bewteen Southampton Airport and London Waterloo (more pssengers than trains) set tot he first movement of Bandenburg Concerto No.3
In 1943 this film was commissioned by the Central Canal Committee to demonstrate the work of the inland waterways during World War II. In 1948 HMSO ordered that all copies be destroyed. One print survived in the offices of the Manchester Ship Canal. Although in poor condition when it was discovered it is now in the safe custody of the North West Film Archive.
This is a film made by British Transport Films for British Waterways which promotes the use of broad canals and rivers for commercial traffic. If follows the barge Thames on a journey from Hull to Nottingham carrying newsprint for the Derby Telegraph.
In 1949 John Ledgard made a film entitled Impressions of Beconsfield. It starts with Beconscot Model Village opened in 1929. Here is the Beconscot sequence with sound and comentary by John Legard added in 1989.
In 2009 residents of Brentford Dock staged a weekend of activites to celebrate 150 years of Brunel's dock besides the River Thames. Brentford Dock - The Inland Waterways Connection was complied and sceened during the celebrations.
Filmed by Ron Craigen in 1957 and set to music from Beulah album Bandstand Music this video captures the age of British seaside holidays before the advent of charter airlines and package holidays. Features sand, sea, and sunshine mainly in Bridlington and Scarborough.
Yorkshire composer Nick Morgan has written a setting of the 1st verse of Psalm 130 ('De Profundis') as a meditation and a focus for people to consider continuing to donate to relief efforts in Haiti. It is also suitable for church groups to use as a focus for prayers. It is performed by Nick and his daughter Susie, aged 7. Please buy this video. We are donating the proceeds to Worldvision an organisation that has been in Haiti since 1978 and had a staff of 800 already on the ground and is committed to helping Haiti in the long term.
Images of 1950s Britain, notablly London and Harrogate, accompany this 1950s recording of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
In the evening of September 24th 1993 Fred was at Ealing Common Depot on London Underground District Line to record Metropolitan Railway Locomotive No. 12 Sarah Siddons shunt vintage Q and R stock cars into place ready for the Depot open day the following day.
Television reporter Robert Reid takes a journey on British Waterways tug Primrosefrom Avonmouth Docks to Worcester calling at Sharpness and Gloucester Docks en-route. Made by British Transport Films, with photography by Oscar winning cinematographer David Watkin, the film is designed o to promote commercial use of waterways in the face of the challenges rom road and rail in a pre-container age.
This film was made in 1951 for British Waterways by British Transport Films in an age when the inland waterways were still functioning as part of the means of production. It depicts a way of life that was soon to pass with the arrival of the container and motorways.
The 1970s were difficult days for Britain's inalnd waterways. This 30 minute film lists the various activities to be found on British Waterways but spends most of its time follwing a family cruising fron Hilmorton via Harecastle and the Shropshre Union. Also features the Calidonian Canal, the Welsh Harp (london) and canoeing around Dewsbury.
This four minute video captures what happens when white van man tries jumping a railway level crossing just as a 2-6-2 steam locomotive hauls into sight. It was filmed by Fred Ivey in 1991 near Wolsztyn. Only 75 pence to download
