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- South West
- Midlands
- London
- Scotland
- North
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
Aldeburgh Cinema
12/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 26/11
Aldeburgh
Arborfield Local History Society
04/04/2017
- 04/04/2017
Reading
Arts Picturehouse
26/04/2018
- 26/04/2018
Cambridge
Ashford Carbonell Village Hall
16/06/2017
- 16/06/2017
Ludlow
Avebury Social Centre Committee
02/02/2017
- 02/02/2017
Avebury
Barn Cinema
13/11/2016
- 13/11/2016
Totnes
Barton upon Humber Civic Society
25/10/2018
- 25/10/2018
Barton upon Humber
Bath Film Festival
05/11/2016
- 05/11/2016
Bath
Battle U3A
20/01/2020
- 20/01/2020
Bexhill on Sea
Bedford Central Library
06/07/2018
- 06/07/2018
Bedford
Belford Community Cinema
22/07/2017
- 22/07/2017
Waren Mill, Belford
Bewdley Festival Society
10/10/2017
- 10/10/2017
Bewdley
Bishop's Castle Railway Society
01/09/2017
- 01/09/2017
Bishop's Castle
Broadway Cinema
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Nottingham
Carlisle Civic Trust
16/01/2018
- 16/01/2018
Carlisle
Carlton on Trent Village Hall
26/02/2017
- 26/02/2017
Newark on Trent
Chichester Cinema at New Park
31/12/2016
- 03/01/2017
Excluded Dates: 01/01 & 02/01
Chichester
Cinema City
12/11/2016
- 17/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 16/11
Norwich
Cleethorpes Library
05/09/2018
- 05/09/2018
Cleethorpes
Coddington History Group
17/01/2019
- 17/01/2019
Newark
Conquest Theatre
12/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Bromyard
Creative Arts East
09/03/2018
- 09/03/2018
(Screening at Screening Southwold Arts Centre)
Wymondham
Curzon Cinema & Arts
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Clevedon
Curzon Cinema & Arts
05/06/2017
- 05/06/2017
Clevedon
Curzon Cinema & Arts
14/09/2018
- 14/09/2018
Clevedon
Das Kino
20/11/2016
- 20/11/2016
Hackney,
London
Depot
29/05/2017
- 29/05/2017
Lewes
Deptford Cinema
30/11/2016
- 30/11/2016
Lewisham,
London
Derby QUAD
15/01/2017
- 17/01/2017
Excluded Dates: 16/01/17
Derby
Dronfield Civic Society
21/03/2018
- 21/03/2018
Dunoon Film Festival
11/11/2016
- 11/11/2016
Dunoon
East Anglian Railway Museum
09/07/2017
- 09/07/2017
Colchester
Eden Court Theatre
11/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Electric Picture House (Wotton)
13/11/2016
- 13/11/2016
Wotton-under-Edge
Eltisley History Society
28/02/2018
- 28/02/2018
Eltisley
Eltisley History Society
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Eltisley
Films at Shadforth
12/11/2016
- 12/11/2016
Shadforth
Folkestone Harbour Company
03/07/2019
- 03/07/2019
Folkestone
Friends of The National Archives
02/05/2018
- 02/05/2018
Richmond
Friends of the National Railway Museum
13/03/2017
- 13/03/2017
London
Guildhall Arts Centre
11/10/2017
- 11/10/2017
Grantham
Hailsham Pavilion
11/11/2016
- 12/11/2016
Hailsham
Harborough Railway Association
01/02/2017
- 01/02/2017
Market Harborough
Harlequin Theatre & Cinema
04/02/2017
- 04/02/2017
Redhill
Harraby Community Theatre
15/01/2018
- 15/01/2018
Carlisle
Hartley Wintney U3A
05/11/2019
- 05/11/2019
Hartley Wintney
Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum
25/01/2018
- 25/01/2018
Darlington
Hebden Bridge Picture House
11/12/2016
- 11/12/2016
Hebden Bridge
Hickling Village Hall
11/04/2017
- 11/04/2017
Melton Mowbray
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
04/02/2017
- 04/02/2017
Isle of Wight
KinoKulture Cinema
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Oswestry
KinoKulture Cinema
18/09/2019
- 19/09/2019
Oswestry
Leeds and District Traction Engine Club
20/02/2018
- 20/02/2018
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Fulstow, Louth
Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre
03/04/2017
- 03/04/2017
Lingfield
Little Theatre Cinema
03/12/2016
- 03/12/2016
Bath
Llanelli Railway Goods Shed Trust
06/06/2019
- 06/06/2019
Llanelli
Long Crendon Film Club
18/11/2016
- 18/11/2016
Long Crendon
Long Sutton Market House
19/02/2018
- 19/02/2018
Long Sutton
Lonsdale Alhambra - Penrith
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Penrith
Lucem House Community Cinema Plus+
23/05/2017
- 23/05/2017
St Helens
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
04/03/2017
- 04/03/2017
Ludlow
Machars Movies
26/11/2016
- 26/11/2016
Malvern Theatres
05/01/2017
- 05/01/2017
Malvern
Mansfield Central Library
18/09/2018
- 18/09/2018
Mansfield
Medway U3A
28/11/2017
- 28/11/2017
Strood
MHRPS Woking & Guildford Group
04/04/2018
- 04/04/2018
Guildford
Middleton Railway Trust
04/04/2017
- 04/04/2017
Leeds
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
18/04/2018
- 18/04/2018
Falmouth
National Railway Museum
09/11/2016
- 09/11/2016
York
No 6 Cinema
10/11/2016
- 10/11/2016
Portsmouth
North East Arts Touring
23/11/2016
- 23/11/2016
Banchory
Northern Light Cinema
30/07/2017
- 30/07/2017
Wirksworth
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
26/01/2017
- 26/01/2017
Pershore
Offord Village Hall
01/04/2017
- 01/04/2017
St Neots
Pendon Museum
10/06/2017
- 10/06/2017
Nr. Abingdon
Pendon Museum
19/05/2017
- 19/05/2017
Nr. Abingdon
Pocklington Arts Centre
05/12/2016
- 06/12/2016
Pocklington
Pomegranate Theatre
12/03/2018
- 12/03/2018
Chesterfield
Queen's Film Theatre
12/11/2016
- 26/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 25/11
Belfast
RCTS - Croydon & South London Branch
11/09/2017
- 11/09/2017
Croydon
RCTS - Ipswich Branch
24/11/2017
- 24/11/2017
Ipswich
RCTS - Surrey Branch
20/03/2018
- 20/03/2018
Woking
RCTS - Thames Valley Branch
19/02/2018
- 19/02/2018
Didcot
RCTS - West of England Branch
14/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Exeter
Reading Central Library
20/01/2020
- 04/02/2020
Reading
Reading Transport Group
02/10/2019
- 02/10/2019
Reading
Redditch Railway Interest Group
11/05/2018
- 11/05/2018
Redditch
Regal Cinema (Melton Mowbray)
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Melton Mowbray
Regather Co-Op Ltd
20/04/2017
- 20/04/2017
Sheffield
Saddleworth Civic Trust
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
Manchester
Salisbury Arts Centre
17/05/2017
- 17/05/2017
Salisbury
Salisbury Civic Society
24/01/2018
- 24/01/2018
Salisbury
Savoy Cinema
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Stockport
Screen25
19/03/2017
- 19/03/2017
Croydon,
London
Showcase Leicester
01/12/2016
- 01/12/2016
Leicester
Showroom Workstation
28/11/2016
- 28/11/2016
Sheffield
Somerset & Dorset Heritage Railway Trust
04/03/2017
- 04/03/2017
Midsomer Norton
Somerset Film
25/07/2019
- 25/07/2019
Bridgwater
South Holland Arts Centre
18/03/2017
- 18/03/2017
Spalding
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
27/01/2018
- 27/01/2018
Leyland
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
Leyland
South Yardley Library
17/11/2018
- 19/11/2018
Excluded Dates: 18th
Birmingham
Southwater Local History Group
02/01/2017
- 02/01/2017
Southwater
Southwater Village Hall (Welcome Club)
07/02/2018
- 07/02/2018
Horsham
Stamford Arts Centre
05/05/2017
- 05/05/2017
Stamford
Strode Theatre
14/01/2017
- 14/01/2017
Street
The Capitol
15/11/2016
- 15/11/2016
Horsham
The Dukes
05/12/2016
- 05/12/2016
Lancaster
The Hippodrome
28/01/2017
- 28/01/2017
Bo'ness
The Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS)
02/01/2018
- 02/01/2018
London
The Keep Archives
16/01/2019
- 16/01/2019
Brighton
The Leyburn Arts Centre Ltd
07/02/2017
- 07/02/2017
Leyburn
The Picture House (Uckfield)
29/11/2016
- 29/11/2016
Uckfield
The Rheged Centre
25/03/2017
- 26/03/2017
Penrith
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Belper
The Roses Theatre
07/02/2017
- 09/02/2017
Excluded Dates: 8th
Tewkesbury
The Watermark
23/11/2016
- 23/11/2016
Ivybridge
The Watermark
26/01/2020
- 26/01/2020
Ivybridge
Theatr Clwyd
03/12/2016
- 03/12/2016
Mold
Tipton St John Community Hall Trustees
18/03/2018
- 18/03/2018
Devon
Tittleshall Village Hall
15/04/2017
- 15/04/2017
Tittleshall
Tonbridge U3A
12/12/2018
- 12/12/2018
Hildenborough
Ultimate Picture Palace
15/01/2017
- 15/01/2017
Oxford
University of Northampton Students' Union
10/11/2018
- 10/11/2018
Northampton
Walsingham Parish Hall
28/09/2017
- 28/09/2017
Walsingham
Waltham Library
12/10/2018
- 12/10/2018
Waltham
Warwick Arts Centre
16/11/2016
- 16/11/2016
Coventry
Watchet Community Cinema
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Wathet
Watershed
20/04/2017
- 23/04/2017
Bristol
Wem Town Hall
20/09/2018
- 20/09/2018
Excluded Dates: 19th
Wem
West Bridgford Library
24/04/2018
- 24/04/2018
Nottingham
Wyllyotts Theatre
30/11/2016
- 30/11/2016
Potters Bar
Aldeburgh Cinema
12/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 26/11
Aldeburgh
Arts Picturehouse
26/04/2018
- 26/04/2018
Cambridge
Chichester Cinema at New Park
31/12/2016
- 03/01/2017
Excluded Dates: 01/01 & 02/01
Chichester
Cinema City
12/11/2016
- 17/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 16/11
Norwich
Depot
29/05/2017
- 29/05/2017
Lewes
Long Crendon Film Club
18/11/2016
- 18/11/2016
Long Crendon
Ultimate Picture Palace
15/01/2017
- 15/01/2017
Oxford
Arborfield Local History Society
04/04/2017
- 04/04/2017
Reading
Ashford Carbonell Village Hall
16/06/2017
- 16/06/2017
Ludlow
Avebury Social Centre Committee
02/02/2017
- 02/02/2017
Avebury
Barton upon Humber Civic Society
25/10/2018
- 25/10/2018
Barton upon Humber
Bath Film Festival
05/11/2016
- 05/11/2016
Bath
Battle U3A
20/01/2020
- 20/01/2020
Bexhill on Sea
Bedford Central Library
06/07/2018
- 06/07/2018
Bedford
Belford Community Cinema
22/07/2017
- 22/07/2017
Waren Mill, Belford
Bewdley Festival Society
10/10/2017
- 10/10/2017
Bewdley
Bishop's Castle Railway Society
01/09/2017
- 01/09/2017
Bishop's Castle
Carlisle Civic Trust
16/01/2018
- 16/01/2018
Carlisle
Carlton on Trent Village Hall
26/02/2017
- 26/02/2017
Newark on Trent
Cleethorpes Library
05/09/2018
- 05/09/2018
Cleethorpes
Coddington History Group
17/01/2019
- 17/01/2019
Newark
Creative Arts East
09/03/2018
- 09/03/2018
(Screening at Screening Southwold Arts Centre)
Wymondham
Dronfield Civic Society
21/03/2018
- 21/03/2018
Dunoon Film Festival
11/11/2016
- 11/11/2016
Dunoon
East Anglian Railway Museum
09/07/2017
- 09/07/2017
Colchester
Electric Picture House (Wotton)
13/11/2016
- 13/11/2016
Wotton-under-Edge
Eltisley History Society
28/02/2018
- 28/02/2018
Eltisley
Eltisley History Society
22/11/2017
- 22/11/2017
Eltisley
Films at Shadforth
12/11/2016
- 12/11/2016
Shadforth
Folkestone Harbour Company
03/07/2019
- 03/07/2019
Folkestone
Friends of The National Archives
02/05/2018
- 02/05/2018
Richmond
Friends of the National Railway Museum
13/03/2017
- 13/03/2017
London
Guildhall Arts Centre
11/10/2017
- 11/10/2017
Grantham
Hailsham Pavilion
11/11/2016
- 12/11/2016
Hailsham
Harborough Railway Association
01/02/2017
- 01/02/2017
Market Harborough
Harlequin Theatre & Cinema
04/02/2017
- 04/02/2017
Redhill
Hartley Wintney U3A
05/11/2019
- 05/11/2019
Hartley Wintney
Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum
25/01/2018
- 25/01/2018
Darlington
Hickling Village Hall
11/04/2017
- 11/04/2017
Melton Mowbray
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
04/02/2017
- 04/02/2017
Isle of Wight
Leeds and District Traction Engine Club
20/02/2018
- 20/02/2018
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Fulstow, Louth
Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre
03/04/2017
- 03/04/2017
Lingfield
Llanelli Railway Goods Shed Trust
06/06/2019
- 06/06/2019
Llanelli
Lonsdale Alhambra - Penrith
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Penrith
Lucem House Community Cinema Plus+
23/05/2017
- 23/05/2017
St Helens
Mansfield Central Library
18/09/2018
- 18/09/2018
Mansfield
Medway U3A
28/11/2017
- 28/11/2017
Strood
MHRPS Woking & Guildford Group
04/04/2018
- 04/04/2018
Guildford
Middleton Railway Trust
04/04/2017
- 04/04/2017
Leeds
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
18/04/2018
- 18/04/2018
Falmouth
National Railway Museum
09/11/2016
- 09/11/2016
York
No 6 Cinema
10/11/2016
- 10/11/2016
Portsmouth
North East Arts Touring
23/11/2016
- 23/11/2016
Banchory
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
26/01/2017
- 26/01/2017
Pershore
Offord Village Hall
01/04/2017
- 01/04/2017
St Neots
Pendon Museum
10/06/2017
- 10/06/2017
Nr. Abingdon
Pendon Museum
19/05/2017
- 19/05/2017
Nr. Abingdon
Pocklington Arts Centre
05/12/2016
- 06/12/2016
Pocklington
RCTS - Croydon & South London Branch
11/09/2017
- 11/09/2017
Croydon
RCTS - Ipswich Branch
24/11/2017
- 24/11/2017
Ipswich
RCTS - Surrey Branch
20/03/2018
- 20/03/2018
Woking
RCTS - Thames Valley Branch
19/02/2018
- 19/02/2018
Didcot
RCTS - West of England Branch
14/10/2017
- 14/10/2017
Exeter
Reading Central Library
20/01/2020
- 04/02/2020
Reading
Reading Transport Group
02/10/2019
- 02/10/2019
Reading
Redditch Railway Interest Group
11/05/2018
- 11/05/2018
Redditch
Regal Cinema (Melton Mowbray)
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Melton Mowbray
Regather Co-Op Ltd
20/04/2017
- 20/04/2017
Sheffield
Saddleworth Civic Trust
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
Manchester
Salisbury Arts Centre
17/05/2017
- 17/05/2017
Salisbury
Salisbury Civic Society
24/01/2018
- 24/01/2018
Salisbury
Savoy Cinema
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Stockport
Showcase Leicester
01/12/2016
- 01/12/2016
Leicester
Somerset & Dorset Heritage Railway Trust
04/03/2017
- 04/03/2017
Midsomer Norton
Somerset Film
25/07/2019
- 25/07/2019
Bridgwater
South Holland Arts Centre
18/03/2017
- 18/03/2017
Spalding
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
27/01/2018
- 27/01/2018
Leyland
South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre
08/02/2018
- 08/02/2018
Leyland
South Yardley Library
17/11/2018
- 19/11/2018
Excluded Dates: 18th
Birmingham
Southwater Local History Group
02/01/2017
- 02/01/2017
Southwater
Southwater Village Hall (Welcome Club)
07/02/2018
- 07/02/2018
Horsham
Strode Theatre
14/01/2017
- 14/01/2017
Street
The Capitol
15/11/2016
- 15/11/2016
Horsham
The Dukes
05/12/2016
- 05/12/2016
Lancaster
The Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS)
02/01/2018
- 02/01/2018
London
The Keep Archives
16/01/2019
- 16/01/2019
Brighton
The Picture House (Uckfield)
29/11/2016
- 29/11/2016
Uckfield
The Rheged Centre
25/03/2017
- 26/03/2017
Penrith
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
27/11/2016
- 27/11/2016
Belper
The Roses Theatre
07/02/2017
- 09/02/2017
Excluded Dates: 8th
Tewkesbury
Tipton St John Community Hall Trustees
18/03/2018
- 18/03/2018
Devon
Tittleshall Village Hall
15/04/2017
- 15/04/2017
Tittleshall
Tonbridge U3A
12/12/2018
- 12/12/2018
Hildenborough
University of Northampton Students' Union
10/11/2018
- 10/11/2018
Northampton
Walsingham Parish Hall
28/09/2017
- 28/09/2017
Walsingham
Waltham Library
12/10/2018
- 12/10/2018
Waltham
Watchet Community Cinema
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Wathet
Wem Town Hall
20/09/2018
- 20/09/2018
Excluded Dates: 19th
Wem
West Bridgford Library
24/04/2018
- 24/04/2018
Nottingham
Wyllyotts Theatre
30/11/2016
- 30/11/2016
Potters Bar
Barn Cinema
13/11/2016
- 13/11/2016
Totnes
Curzon Cinema & Arts
05/03/2017
- 05/03/2017
Clevedon
Curzon Cinema & Arts
05/06/2017
- 05/06/2017
Clevedon
Curzon Cinema & Arts
14/09/2018
- 14/09/2018
Clevedon
Little Theatre Cinema
03/12/2016
- 03/12/2016
Bath
The Watermark
23/11/2016
- 23/11/2016
Ivybridge
The Watermark
26/01/2020
- 26/01/2020
Ivybridge
Watershed
20/04/2017
- 23/04/2017
Bristol
Broadway Cinema
23/02/2017
- 23/02/2017
Nottingham
Conquest Theatre
12/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Bromyard
Derby QUAD
15/01/2017
- 17/01/2017
Excluded Dates: 16/01/17
Derby
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
04/03/2017
- 04/03/2017
Ludlow
Malvern Theatres
05/01/2017
- 05/01/2017
Malvern
Northern Light Cinema
30/07/2017
- 30/07/2017
Wirksworth
Pomegranate Theatre
12/03/2018
- 12/03/2018
Chesterfield
Stamford Arts Centre
05/05/2017
- 05/05/2017
Stamford
Warwick Arts Centre
16/11/2016
- 16/11/2016
Coventry
Das Kino
20/11/2016
- 20/11/2016
Hackney,
London
Deptford Cinema
30/11/2016
- 30/11/2016
Lewisham,
London
Screen25
19/03/2017
- 19/03/2017
Croydon,
London
Eden Court Theatre
11/03/2017
- 12/03/2017
Machars Movies
26/11/2016
- 26/11/2016
The Hippodrome
28/01/2017
- 28/01/2017
Bo'ness
Harraby Community Theatre
15/01/2018
- 15/01/2018
Carlisle
Hebden Bridge Picture House
11/12/2016
- 11/12/2016
Hebden Bridge
Long Sutton Market House
19/02/2018
- 19/02/2018
Long Sutton
Showroom Workstation
28/11/2016
- 28/11/2016
Sheffield
The Leyburn Arts Centre Ltd
07/02/2017
- 07/02/2017
Leyburn
KinoKulture Cinema
09/09/2017
- 09/09/2017
Oswestry
KinoKulture Cinema
18/09/2019
- 19/09/2019
Oswestry
Theatr Clwyd
03/12/2016
- 03/12/2016
Mold
Queen's Film Theatre
12/11/2016
- 26/11/2016
Excluded Dates: 13/11 - 25/11
Belfast
Your chance to travel back to a time when travelling by rail was comfortable, punctual and maybe even glamorous!
The first programme from our widely booked archive film tour, Britain on Film on Tour, Britain on Film: Railways is a major collection of rare archive films that charts the history of the UK’s railways and brings home the romance and heady freedoms offered by train travel as it expanded across the country in the early 20th century.
Sourced from the national and regional archives and newly digitised, Britain on Film: Railways is an immensely nostalgic and evocative collection of films which document not just the glories of the railway, but also the changing social, political and economic climates of the 20th century.
Please note: the programme contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect audience members with photosensitive epilepsy.
Conway Castle (1898)
With the camera attached to the front of the locomotive, this beautiful early film was made in response to American film ‘The Haverstraw Tunnel’, which showed the scenery around the Hudson river and so delighted audiences that the British decided to make their own version.
Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)
The earliest film kiss held by the BFI National Archive is this stolen smooch aboard a steam train. It is also one of the world’s most important early films, being one of the first to edit together several related shots.
Pathways of Perfection (1937)
Day and night, year in and year out, British railways serve the nation. Between them, the four famous trains featured here uphold this great tradition and provide a complete national transport service – swift, safe and comfortable.
Elizabethan Express (1954)
The Elizabethan covered the 393 mile journey between London and Edinburgh in six hours, at the time the longest non-stop journey in the world to be timed at over 60 mph. The speed, excitement and glamour of the journey is captured here, as well as the hard work of those who maintained the service.
Railways Today (1947)
Wartime restrictions, cuts and damage left the railways of Britain with little chance of an immediate return to their pre-war golden age. The Labour government thinks nationalisation is the answer – but not everybody is in agreement.
Let’s Go to Birmingham (1962)
Speeding from London to Birmingham in just five and a half minutes, the view from the front of the train captures the journey at 960mph. Inside the train, passengers eat, drink, sleep and read – oblivious to the giddy speed at which they seem to travel.
Snow (1962)
The winter of 1962-1963 was one of the coldest winters on record in the United Kingdom. Against this backdrop, Geoffrey Jones produced one of his most famous works, which received an Oscar nomination.
Railways for Ever (1970)
11 August 1968 marked the official end of regular mainline steam operation. Here we see the last steam train crossing the Pennines as Sir John Betjeman reminisces through nostalgic verse and prose.