Movies

A record of an educational experiment in the small town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

Spotlight on the Colonies places particular emphasis on the economic benefits that continued investment and development within the colonies will...

Sharjah airport in the 1930's showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers...

A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at advances in the treatment of infectious diseases.

Account of the development of air transport during wartime and a review of issues to be solved in regulating international civil aviation.

This wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.

Canadian documentary on war time Italy.

A short GPO documentary showing how undersea telephone cables are repaired.

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Not by any means a truly comprehensive scientific study, this film nevertheless conveys in a popular fashion facts as to the development and habits...

A Cambridge student takes the blame for his gambling brother.

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney,...

A film made by the British General Post Office (GPO) in 1933, promoting the automation of telephone exchanges.

A BAFTA award nominated looking at methods of increasing food production, including improved strains of crops, the use of pesticides, weedkillers and...

Propaganda short about the Second World War.

This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries.

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and...

This short film focuses on the period between World War I and World War II when France was struck by riots, strikes and economic stress. During the...