Basil Wright Movies

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of...

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the...

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.