The Freight Train

Cavalcade of San Francisco

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

1940

How They Dug the Victoria Line

First transmitted in 1969, this documentary follows the construction of the world’s most advanced underground system. Macdonald Hastings narrates the

1969

Engineering Tragedy: The Ashtabula Train Disaster

The Ashtabula train disaster and bridge collapse was the worst train disaster of the 19th century, claiming the lives of 97 people. The engineering an

2022

The Great Train Robbery

It was one of the greatest heists in British history. £3 million – worth over £40 million today – stolen from a moving train by a gang of thieves who

2012

Trains: Two Centuries of Innovation

Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no

2017

Trains of Thoughts

An audio-visual essay, which reflects upon & compares metro systems around the world. It is an exploration of a world inside the world as well as

2012

Elizabethan Express

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

1954

Train Time

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

1952

Banlie.ue

2023

Gare du Nord : La Plus Grande Gare d'Europe

2018

The Battle for Donner Pass

This is the incredible story of the men and equipment that battle the long cold winter months against the impossible odds to keep this historic mounta

The Station

A day in the life of a train station.

1952

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions a

1927

TGV Paris-Bordeaux, la ligne de tous les records

2021

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and ev

1896

A&C to S

As the modernisation of London Underground continues, long serving A-Stock and C-Stock trains have been withdrawn from service, and their differing ch

2014

Model Citizens

Somewhere in the world right now--much closer than you think--people are playing with trains. You might not see them at first, but they're there. In b

2016

Hitler's Holocaust Railways

2018

The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway

This rich, historical documentary captures the story of the high-speed, electric transit system that sparked the growth and development of Puget Sound

1996

Blackpool, Harden and Grange-over-Sands

A colourful miscellany of footage from both sides of the Pennines.

1968