Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

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

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

British war documentary

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

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

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first...

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."

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...