
Person
Edgar Anstey
Production · 1907–1987 · Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Edgar Anstey OBE (16 February 1907 – 26 September 1987), was a leading British documentary filmmaker.
Known for

Housing Problems
Director

Link Span
Executive Producer
Before Hindsight
1977
Travelling Sixties
Producer

Berth 24
Producer
Diesel Trainride
Executive Producer

Rush Hour
Producer
Dinner Hour
Director
The Hostellers
Producer

Glasgow Belongs to Me
Producer
Filmography
- 1986Hooray For HolyroodSelf
- 1979Electric EskimoCo-Producer
- 1977Open Door: The Other Cinema
- 1977Before Hindsight
- 1975Age of InventionProducer
- 1974Midland CountryExecutive Producer
- 1973Britannia: A BridgeProducer
- 1973The Scene from Melbury HouseProducer
- 1972Journey Inter-CityProducer
- 1972A Day with SELNECProducer
- 1972The Key to BritainExecutive Producer
- 1971Golfers in a Scottish LandscapeProducer
- 1970Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the EnvironmentWriter
- 1970London on the MoveProducer
- 1970Railways for Ever!Producer
- 1970The Site in the SeaProducer
- 1970People in RailwaysProducer
- 1970Rush HourProducer
- 1970Prospects of IrelandProduction Manager
- 1969The Victoria Line Report No. 5: London's Victoria LineExecutive Producer
- 1969British Rails Are Long and FastProducer
- 1969A Tale Out of SchoolExecutive Producer
- 1969Rail Report 9: Top Levels of TransportProducer
- 1968Rail Report 8: The New TraditionProducer
- 1968Travelling SixtiesProducer
- 1967Second NatureProducer
- 1967Rail Report 7: Speed the PayloadProducer
- 1966The Driving ForceExecutive Producer
- 1966Forward to First PrinciplesProducer
- 1966Glasgow Belongs to MeProducer
- 1966Wild WingsProducer
- 1965The HostellersProducer
- 1965Rail Report 5Producer
- 1965The Development of the Major Railway Trunk RoutesProducer
- 1965Europe by TrainProducer
- 1965The Coach TravellersProducer
- 1964Down to SussexProducer
- 1964Driving Technique: Part 1 - Passenger TrainsProducer
- 1964We're in Business Too!Producer
- 1963A Hundred Years UndergroundProducer
- 1963Thirty Million LettersProducer
- 1963Reshaping British RailwaysDirector
- 1963SnowProducer
- 1963The Port of HullProducer
- 1963Omnibus for AllProducer
- 1962...All That Mighty Heart...Producer
- 1962North to the DalesProducer
- 1962London for a DayProducer
- 1962The Signal EngineersProducer
- 1962Robert Reid Reports on British WaterwaysProducer
- 1961TerminusProducer
- 1961Wild HighlandsExecutive Producer
- 1961Speaking of FreightProducer
- 1960They Take the High RoadExecutive Producer
- 1960Blue PullmanProducer
- 1960A Letter for WalesProducer
- 1959An Artist Looks at ChurchesProducer
- 1959Diesel TrainrideExecutive Producer
- 1959Groundwork for ProgressExecutive Producer
- 1959The Coasts of ClydeExecutive Producer
- 1959Care of St Christopher’sExecutive Producer
- 1959Broad WaterwaysExecutive Producer
- 1958Under Night StreetsProducer
- 1958Between the TidesExecutive Producer
- 1958A Desperate CaseProducer
- 1958Giant LoadProducer
- 1958Coaching HolidayExecutive Producer
- 1958Journey Into SpringExecutive Producer
- 1958The Travel GameExecutive Producer
- 1957A Future on RailProducer
- 1957Lancashire CoastExecutive Producer
- 1957HolidayExecutive Producer
- 1957Every ValleyProducer
- 1957The England of ElizabethExecutive Producer
- 1957Yesterday's Britain: HighlandsProducer
- 1956The Long Night HaulExecutive Producer
- 1956Link SpanExecutive Producer
- 1956The Land of Robert BurnsExecutive Producer
- 1956A Day of One's OwnProducer
- 1956Any Man's KingdomExecutive Producer
- 1956Round the IslandExecutive Producer
- 1956Men on the MendProducer
- 1955Snowdrift at Bleath GillProducer
- 1955Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember?Executive Producer
- 1955Yorkshire SandsProducer
- 1955Capital VisitExecutive Producer
- 1954The Peak DistrictExecutive Producer
- 1954East Anglian HolidayExecutive In Charge Of Production
- 1954Elizabethan ExpressProducer
- 1954The Heart of EnglandExecutive Producer
- 1954London's CountryProducer
- 1953This Is YorkProducer
- 1953The Elephant Will Never ForgetProducer
- 1952Ocean TerminalProducer
- 1952Dodging the ColumnProducer
- 1952Journey Into HistoryProducer
- 1952Away for the DayProducer
- 1952The Heart Is HighlandProducer
- 1951This Year – LondonExecutive Producer
- 1951Work in ProgressProducer
- 1950Berth 24Producer
- 1946FenlandsAssociate Producer
- 1946The Proud City: A Plan for LondonAssociate Producer
- 1944CroftersAssociate Producer
- 1943Debris TunnellingProducer
- 1943Words and ActionsProducer
- 1942Dustbin ParadeAssociate Producer
- 1941Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #3Producer
- 1941How to FileProducer
- 1940What's For DinnerProducer
- 1936Enough to Eat?Director
- 1936On the Way to WorkDirector
- 1935Housing ProblemsDirector
- 1935Dinner HourDirector
- 1934Granton TrawlerEditor
- 19346.30 CollectionDirector
- 1934AirportProducer
- 1931Industrial BritainEditor
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