To Build an Island's Future

Sir John Betjeman reminisces about the phasing out of the mainline steam operation.

Conwy's bridge, castle and station glide past, as if in a dream, in this beautiful phantom train ride film (no ghosts but apparently no train either) from 1898.

A grand parade of locomotives to celebrate 100 years of railways and the world’s first passenger trains

A sentimental sale or simply for profit? British Railways sells off the history that doesn't fit with the swinging sixties.

A heartfelt cry on behalf of the world's litter-baskets.

Enjoy this charming film from Trevor White which charts the birth of the Bluebell Railway - from the germ of an idea into a fully functioning steam railway

A last gasp for the British Army's cavalry: the skilled horsemen of the Leicestershire Yeomanry perform for a local audience.

A well-staged exit of workers from a Leicestershire manufacturer for the transport industry.

Victorian women workers (and a few men) hasten through the gates of the hosiery works after their shift.

A curious woman creates her own perfect partner, a beautiful, talking giant slug.

A disabled penguin feels isolated from the rest of her colony.

A short stop-frame animation following a lonely Inuit who struggles to survive after an oil tanker leaks oil off the coast of Alaska, killing all the wildlife in the area.

Sci-fi animation set in an alien world. When a child discovers a dark secret at their father's factory, they must choose between what is right and what is easy.

Nature and domesticity collide in this dark love story featuring stop-motion puppets.

The story of Frank, a recluse who wakes each day to a strange anomaly.