James Ritchie

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...

When a schoolboy's day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue....

Features the 07.55 from Sheffield to St Pancras. The camera follows to Leicester, where a young man is late for a job interview thanks to a variety...

Documentary from British Transport Films

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to...

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an...

Thirty Million Letters is a 1963 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie and made by British Transport Films. It was nominated for an...

The 24th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, featuring the articles: 'Holiday Camp', 'Beside the Sea', 'Up River' and 'Pitmen's Derby'.

Replacing a century-old rail tunnel at Woodhead, co-ordinated road haulage services in Argyllshire, Whitemoor freight marshalling yeard, Bristol bus...

Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...

One of six films which examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only...

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

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

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...

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great...

Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for...

A compilation film on the recent technical achievements of British Rail; made for screening in Washington on the signing of the 'Budd' contract....

British Rail's wagon control system and how it works, concentrating on the information most useful to the specific wagon operating staff.

Promotional tourist film, presenting a history of Britain concentrating on landscape and Inter-City travel.

A look at British involvement in the construction of the new double-track railway from Kowloon, on Hong Kong's harbour, to the Chinese border.

The complex technology of modern rail track is shown, covering component manufacturers, current methods of laying track and its maintenance.

Made for senior and middle British Rail management and supervisory staff, to stimulate discussion and provoke action, by alerting them to their...

A record of a winter journey, when a farmer decides to move his whole stock by rail from Yorkshire to Sussex.

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

A BAFTA nominated documentary on the canals of England illustrated by a journey from London to Birmingham.

Intended for European audiences to encourage them to drive to Britain for their holidays. Shows the travel facilities offered by Sealink, and...

A review of innovation and development within BR and its businesses, including: modernisation of freight facilities and service to new companies;...

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...

An historical account looking at how Britain's canals were used, and declining, in 1951.

The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the...

Originally intended as an advertising short, this film follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London to Edinburgh along...

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...

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...

A school journey through the city of London as seen through the eyes of the children and their teacher.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

A short documentary.

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

A film about one of the most responsible and professional jobs on British Railways. Practical work in shop and signal box, on gantry and trackside,...

Electrification, and the raiIway men of Rugby adopt new methods and use new machines. In this film they tell in their own words of the great...

A litter basket muses on the failure of people to feed it at a busy mainline railway station.

Short film documenting children's street games and songs in 1950s Edinburgh.

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.