Transportation Movies

This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of...

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

On 24th March 1968 an Aer Lingus plane carrying 61 passengers and crew crashed into the sea just off the Tuskar Rock lighthouse off the Wexford...

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...

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

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

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

A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland, Abegweit reveals some of the...

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

An amusing view of the machine that has taken the country by winter storm: the snowmobile, revving, raring, ready to go. What the motorboat was to...

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 pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the most important religious journeys for millions of people around the world. But how to get there? This...

This feature documentary studies one of the city’s most visible yet most anonymous character: the taxi driver. Filmed by day and night, the...

How the London Transport Board, with the aid of modern technology, is tackling the problems brought about by an ever increasing volume of traffic....

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

Snow Warrior is a love letter to the splendour of winter. It captures the beauty of a northern city through the eyes of a bicycle courier named...

An urban documentary illuminating the struggles of pedestrians, bike and skateboard commuters in Charleston, SC experience on a daily basis.

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