Did anyone else shed a tear watching this or am I just a silly sentimental old bugger?

Notice how clean the road side verges, streets and train tracks are ; no crisp packets or drinks bottles, no empty beer cans and especially no half eaten McDonald's thoughtlessly thrown from a car window. Also noticed how well packaged that load was, on the lorry @ 9:20 , all nicely tied in hessian and stowed in wooden barrels. I hate modern waste with a vengeance.
  Anyroad, moan over, what a grand film, thanks for uploading.....DA.

Brings a tear to your eye., just look how clean, well maintained everything is....... disciplined and in perfect order.

My father passed his test in 1951 during national service, he was a HGV driver until 1978  then Hackney taxis until he retired 1998 there were no pallets and tautliners then he had to handball the load and unload , sheet and roping he was as fit as a butchers dog RIP daddy xxxx

A very moving film which, as others have already said, demonstrates just how much we have lost. I don't know how long BRS lasted but it wasn't long. Woodhead tunnel opened in 1954 and Thatcher's shameful lot closed it in 1981. When I grew up the motto of my city was Labor Omnia Vincit- work conquers all. Needless to say, the motto, like work itself for many. is long gone.

Thanks very much for posting.

Millions managed to walk , without a cardboard mug of coffee in their hands.

I used to go to school on my bike in the 50s, down quite a steep hill.  On the way home I would look for a lorry going up the hill and I would hold on to the back of it, as they all went very slowly in those days.  Amusing to see the 20 mph limit signs on the back of the lorries in this video!  I agree with many of the comments that remember this era fondly.

I've seen another documentary about the marshalling yards. Those guys were well fit. If such a job still existed the workers would mess it up checking their mobile phones every 10 seconds.

The piece where the bus service was responding to customer complaints was pure fiction. I grew up using London Transport and often had to run to catch the bus. Those mean drivers and conductors would wait until I was about 5 yards from the bus and then drive away.

Some of the older working men in this film, made in 1951, must have been veterans of WW1.

When we solved our own problems, manufactured our own goods, grew our own food, provided our own energy.  Small things are telling: how neat and well dressed everyone was.  There's something in these films from a vanished age, a sense of pride, optimism, unquestioning patriotism.  Things weren't perfect, not by a long shot, but imagine taking people from this age and confronting them with Tik-Tok...

The period music is so expressive for this era.Thoroughly enjoyed the film. Thank you for posting.

Can someone please transport me back to these times...

Outstanding image quality. This was a time when working people's skills were celebrated, when working people had genuine opportunity for education and jobs. Their skills were seen as heroic, and services were owned by those who should own them; the public. Are you old enough to remember when there was a public? Loved this film, thanks for posting it.

I notice how slim and muscular all these hard working manual workers were you just cant imagine anyone these day's with the  burger eating pampered society,

I just cannot express how grateful I am for being able to see this, the quest for money 💰 changed everything unfortunately. Thankyou.

What an absolute gem of a film. Loved every minute of it.

Despite advances in technology, Britain was a better place to live in the 1950's than it is today. I would gladly get time-traveled back to then if it was possible.

Todays health and safety culture has just had a heart attack watching this film! Especially the guys running beside and in front of the rail wagons in the shunting yard.

I remember shunters  and goods guards I worked with on B R ,  I started as a junior porter in 1966 , worked in the sheds and when the opportunity came along trained as a Signalman worked my way through the grades , actually trained and worked 23 Signal boxs  , as a regular Signalman and as a relief  Signalman did 29 years on the railway , some happy memories, I finished in 1995 in a computerised box , it was the most modern type of Signal box  at the time  , the one before that was also a P S B push button on the underground at James Street Merseyrail . Any old friends from yesterday year ?