Transportation Movies

On November 25, 1973, the first of four car-free Sundays transformed West Germany's deserted highways into spaces for walking, cycling, and...

A film critic is tasked with documenting an old cinema before its permanent closure.

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

The Antonov AN-225 Mriya, the world's largest cargo plane and the pride of Ukraine, was destroyed in a Russian attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv...

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

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...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

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

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

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

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 technical documentary on the development of improved railway brake materials to increase performance and durability.

Britain operates the most experienced diesel and electric railway in tne world. A century and a half ago she invented the steam engine and introduced...

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