David Watkin Movies

When Joe Miller breaks his ankle on the shop floor, he is sent with some trepidation to the British Railways rehab centre, a cross between a modern...

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

A documentary examining the modernization of Britain’s railways through large-scale engineering and infrastructure renewal.

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...

In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and...

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,...

A short documentary.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

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

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

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

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...

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

Lively holiday in Blackpool, with jazz accompaniment.

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...

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

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