Movies

One of the last voyages of a commercial sailing ship on a trip from Cornwall.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Humphrey Jennings’s Crown Film Unit short on the summer 1944 V-1 “doodlebug” campaign, tracking a salvo from the coast toward...

A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard-won workplace rights after being asked "to give up by choice what...

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of...

Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

The Heart of Britain (1941) depicts wartime life in the North and Midlands, contrasting tranquil countryside with the grit of industry. From...

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted...

The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.

A documentary by Humphrey Jennings about the modernization of coal mines in Cumberland.

Londoners prepare for war.

A concert short spotlighting Dame Myra Hess performing the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor,...

A concise museum short that traces the evolution of the steam locomotive, using the Science Museum (London)’s model railway collection to chart...

Rubber rooftops and bomber-size fly paper suspended in the sky? Gad Sir, bring on the Blitz! David Low’s success as a cartoonist in the 1930s...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Life during a season on a pre-war British farm.

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.