David Watkin Movies

The extension of the electrification of the Southend line from Shenfield to Southend. The last steam train leaves Liverpool Street and makes its way...

After the last train at night and before the first in the morning, 800 people are hard at work behind the scenes making London's Underground fit to...

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage...

The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

A cautionary tale of a typical holiday suitcase. Crammed beyond its capacity, imperfectly fastened, inadequately and confusedly labelled, the...

Approximately 40,000 people use the Waterloo & City Underground line every day. For years they had walked to and from the platforms at the Bank by a...

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. Mander, now living in Kirkcudbrightshire,...

A day in the life of London and the Home Counties in 1962, seen from the perspective of the use of London Transport facilities from buses and tubes...

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.

Underlines the importance of waterways as mans of modern transport. Details the way in which the network of waterways covers britain.

A short documentary.

Through the forward-looking windows of the new diesel multiple-unit trains reveals a new world of signs, signals and railway sights to those who ride...