Movies: Basil Wright

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944....

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs....

Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow....

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis...

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

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children; the Potts are unconventional and unhappy, without children....

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his birth....

A documentary by Jirí Weiss...

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

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents....

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of routine office work....

The occupation of the Channel Islands....

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

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

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

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replace...

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England]....

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s....

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece....