Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime...

Where he goes, he doesn't need luggage... A very talkative traveler settles in the only wagon occupied by a man with a strange diction. The train is...

The laying of underground telephone cables.

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...

Men in Danger is a documentary about health and safety in industry, covering occupational diseases and potential accidents. It also covers the...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."