Edgar Anstey Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Before Hindsight

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Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of events: straight propaganda, the stricture to provide entertainment, and the attempt to be objective all contributing to this. Lewis and producer Elizabeth Taylor-Mead have constructed their argument well, but it is Jonathan Dimbleby's brief comments towards the end that contain the crucial lesson: forty years on, the same forces work to distort our view of Northern Ireland. The film only indicates this to be the case, but it is precise and coherent enough to make the point with considerable force.

Open Door: The Other CinemaMOVIE

Before Hindsight

Open Door: The Other Cinema

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Avant-garde appeal on behalf of and made by the adventurous leftist London cinema, The Other Cinema, using the facilities provided by the BBC community programme unit.

Open Door: The Other Cinema

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Hooray For Holyrood

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Scottish Television's film on the 40th Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1986, starring Robbie Coltrane (a former EIFF chauffeur) and featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Samuel Fuller and Barry Norman, among many others.

Hooray For Holyrood

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Granton Trawler

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Granton Trawler

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Journey Inter-CityMOVIE

Journey Inter-City

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A cheerful and very colourful pastiche of live action with combined graphics set to the music of Muir Mathieson. This film typifies the image British Rail was keen to transmit during the early part of the 1970s. It marked the start of the age of the train, when 100mph running became standard and travelling inter-city took you from 'city to city - heart to heart'.

What's For Dinner

The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.

Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger TrainsMOVIE

What's For Dinner

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Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger Trains

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A BAFTA award winning documentary focussing on how drivers are trained to drive new electric trains in the UK.

Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger Trains

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Airport

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A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

Granton Trawler

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Granton Trawler

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Housing Problems

6.1(0.0K)

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

Snowdrift at Bleath Gill

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A freight train travelling between Kirkby and Barnard Castle has become snowbound in the Westmoreland hills. The Motive Power, Operating and Engineering Departments go to work with snowploughs to reach the trapped train.