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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...
Before Hindsight
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
The Birth of Television
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
Genevieve
Account of the French expedition to the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi in 1951; includes shots of the relief expedition led by Sherpa Tensing and some...
Himalayan Epic
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a...
Grand National Night
Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.
This Jet Age
Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.
Farnborough Air Show 1949
Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.
Mastery of the Air
Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s...
Royal Destiny
In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight...
Television Comes to London
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...
The Heart of a Man
A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her
Sally in Our Alley
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
The Sky’s the Limit
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps...
Rynox
On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...
Atomic Explosion Heard in Russia
'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War,...
Royal Road
A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.
Oxford
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.
London Scrapbook
Visit to concentration camps.
Atrocities: The Evidence
A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...
Men of Africa
Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.
Berlin Air-Lift: The Story of a Great Achievement
A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.
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