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- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsCecilia RothMarisa ParedesCandela PeñaA comedy-drama about a bereaved mother, and overwrought actress, her jealous lover, and a pregnant nun.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim TamiroffA U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.Part of Godard boxset entitled 'Godard encore'
The fifth disc is titled 'Godard encore' and contains 'The dinosaur & the baby', 'Jean-Luc as seen by Luc' and 'Godard, love, poetry' - DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
- DirectorBoris KaufmanJean VigoWhat starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.Part of 'The Complete Jean Vigo' 2-disc special collectors' edition
- DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles MargaritisNewly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Part of 'The Complete Jean Vigo' 2-disc special collectors' edition
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsGael García BernalFele MartínezJavier CámaraAn examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergVan DoudeA small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.Part of Godard boxset entitled 'Godard encore'
The fifth disc is titled 'Godard encore' and contains 'The dinosaur & the baby', 'Jean-Luc as seen by Luc' and 'Godard, love, poetry' - DirectorJacques BeckerStarsSimone SignoretSerge ReggianiClaude DauphinThree gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioLuigi Maria BurruanoLucia Sardo"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist who in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about the Mafia, and several politicians maintained that the Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti's criminal activities and the whole Mafia system, by using a small local radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour. In 1978 Peppino (30 years old) was killed by an explosion. The police archived the case as an accident or a suicide, but his friends never accepted this conclusion. Note: This is a true story. More than twenty years after Peppino's death, the case has been re-opened. Tano Badalamenti, meanwhile, has been convicted in the USA for drug trafficking.Under Italian title "I Cento Passi"
- DirectorPearse LehaneStarsStephen BrennanMichael ColganJohn CrowleyFollows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of Samuel Beckett's nineteen plays.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset
- DirectorJean-Paul RappeneauStarsGérard DepardieuAnne BrochetVincent PerezFamed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
- DirectorWalter D. AsmusStarsSusan FitzgeraldJoan O'HaraPart of 'Beckett on Film' boxset
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudAlbert RémyClaire MaurierA young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.'Les 400 coups' [French title on case]
Part of a Truffaut boxset, also containing 'Stolen Kisses', 'Bed and Board' and 'L'amour en fuite' (which appear as separate entries on this list), and two film shorts: 'Les mistons' and 'Antoine et Colette' - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudClaude JadeDelphine SeyrigAfter being discharged from the army, Antoine Doinel centers a screwball comedy where he applies for different jobs and tries to make sense of his relationships with women.'Baiser volés' [French title on case]
Part of Truffaut boxset listed under 'The 400 Blows' above - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudClaude JadeHiroko BerghauerAntoine Doinel works dying flowers in the courtyard outside his apartment. He is married to Christine, who is pregnant. He has an affair with a Japanese woman, jeopardising his marriage.'Domicile conjugal'
Part of Truffaut boxset listed under 'The 400 Blows' above - DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudClaude JadeMarie-France PisierAntoine Doinel is now more than thirty. He divorces from Christine. He is a proofreader, and is in love with Sabine, a record seller. Colette, his teenager love, is now a lawyer. She buys Antoine's first published autobiographical novel. They meet again in a station...Part of Truffaut boxset listed under 'The 400 Blows' above
- DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsVincent CasselHubert KoundéSaïd Taghmaoui24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.We have two copies of this, one of which is kept as a spare in the Library Office
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsJohn HurtAn old man listens to a tape of himself as a thirty-nine-year-old.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftMax HillerAn aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.'Der letzte Mann'
'Masters of Cinema' version, including special features and 36-page booklet with writing by F.W. Murnau (director) - DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
- CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.Series One boxset (donated by Dani Rabinowitz)
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnna KarinaLászló SzabóJean-Pierre LéaudIn the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to investigate? On the surface, faces are beautiful, colors bright, clothes trendy. Beneath, little is clear: some talk to Paula as if she's Alice in Wonderland, corpses pile up, and ideological struggles insert themselves. A murder victim's nephew and a political party's hired hands hover around Paula. Is obscuring things her goal or is it life that's obscure?Part of Godard boxset entitled 'Godard encore'
The fifth disc is titled 'Godard encore' and contains 'The dinosaur & the baby', 'Jean-Luc as seen by Luc' and 'Godard, love, poetry' - DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.'Masters of Cinema' edition - 2-disc boxset including special features (original German intertitles; original 1927 orchestral score etc.) and 28-page booklet with extensive restoration notes and an essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.'Masters of Cinema' edition - 2-discs + 80-page booklet containing articles on th film, a newly translated archival piece on vampires and more
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsJulianne MooreA young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not really happen to her.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsJeremy IronsA reader tells a sad story to a listener, who only knocks in response.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsIsabelle HuppertHanna SchygullaMichel PiccoliA film director has an inspirational crisis while working on the production, Passion, and struggles with the nature of work and art.Part of Godard boxset entitled 'Godard encore'
The fifth disc is titled 'Godard encore' and contains 'The dinosaur & the baby', 'Jean-Luc as seen by Luc' and 'Godard, love, poetry' - DirectorKieron J. WalshStarsMilo O'SheaDavid KellyAn old blind beggar and an old cripple in a wheelchair meet on a desolate street corner. The latter proposes that the two form an alliance, but the men are not destined to get along together.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
- StarsDorothy TutinHermione BaddeleyNigel DavenportHeadmistress Sarah Burton, a left-wing feminist, is disgusted by the social injustices faced by her pupils. In spite of her beliefs, she reluctantly finds herself falling in love with a Tory landowner whose wife is suffering from insanity.Based on the Winifred Holtby (Old Somervillian) novel
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinDavid MorrisseyPenelope WiltonIn 1930s Yorkshire, a spirited new headmistress brings inspiration and modern ideas to an all girls' school and shakes up the more conservative-minded residents of South Riding.Based on the Winifred Holtby (Old Somervillian) novel
- DirectorHanns Heinz EwersStellan RyeStarsPaul WegenerGrete BergerLyda SalmonovaBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agreement. Balduin rebuffs him, satirically asking his weird companion to procure him "the luckiest ticket in a lottery or a doweried wife." The old man goes off chuckling and thence onward persistently shadows Balduin, exerting a sinister influence over him, while Balduin is still disconsolate under the frowns of fortune. The Countess Margit Schwarzenberg, hunting with her cousin, to whom her father has betrothed her, meets with an accident. She is thrown over her horse's head into a river, but Balduin, who has been directed to the spot by his evil genius, plunges in and rescues her. Subsequently Balduin calls to inquire as to her condition at the castle of her father, the count, but be makes a hurried departure when Baron Waldis arrives, the contrast in their appearance discrediting him. His desire to win the countess and to humiliate the baron becomes so pronounced that he readily accedes to the compact suggested by Scapinelli, the old man, who has so pertinaciously dogged his footsteps, particularly when he learns that untold wealth and power will be his when he assigns to the other the right to take from his room whatever he chooses for his own use as he desires. The agreement is signed. Balduin receives a shower of gold and notes as his portion; Scapinelli takes Balduin's soul exposed in concrete form by his shadow. Balduin prosecutes his love affair assiduously and with apparent success, till the baron is informed of it by a jealous gypsy girl. He challenges Balduin to a duel, and the latter, assured of his superiority as a fencer, readily agrees. Count Schwarzenberg learns of the impending duel and appeals to Balduin not to kill "my sister's child, my daughter's future husband, and my heir." Balduin gives his promise, but when he goes to the venue of the duel he meets, his own counterpart stalking away derisively wiping his gory sword on his cloak. Balduin turns and in the far distance sees the dying victim of the deed he swore he would not do. He rushes from the spot horror-stricken. When he regains sufficient composure he makes his way to the castle of the count, but is refused admission. Determined to explain that he had no complicity in the death of the baron, Balduin climbs into a room in which the countess is seated. She receives him coldly, but soon succumbs to his ardent wooing. Just as he seeks to leave her she notices he has no shadow and that the mirror gives no reflection of him; and she drops back affrighted, the ghastly apparition of himself which takes shape in the corner of the room sends Balduin scuttling away from the castle in a paroxysm of terror. He makes a frenzied flight through a woodland estate and the streets of Prague, but wherever he stops to recover his breath he is haunted by the counterpart of himself. He reaches his rooms and draws a murderous looking fire-arm from its case. As the phantasmagorical figure strides towards him with a sinister grin, he fires, and in a few minutes the blood gushes from his own side from a fatal wound.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsJean TarisJean Vigo films the talents of great swimming champion Jean Taris performing different acts. Vigo film technique allied with Taris swimming style are intertwined with grace and effect.Part of 'The Complete Jean Vigo' 2-disc special collectors' edition
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsJuliette BinocheZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyA woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsZbigniew ZamachowskiJulie DelpyJanusz GajosAfter his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobJean-Louis TrintignantFrédérique FederA model discovers a retired judge is keen on invading people's privacy.
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuMiou-MiouPatrick DewaereTwo thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzCarmen MauraLola DueñasAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsBarry McGovernJohnny MurphyAlan StanfordTwo tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
Box also includes 'Beckett on film: souvenir book from the Beckett on film project' - DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.Special 5-disc boxset
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Seasons 1-7 stored in glass fronted cabinet (seasons 2-3 missing)
- DirectorDamien O'DonnellStarsSean McGinleyGary LewisThere are five survivors in a futuristic library. Bam is their supreme dictator, and has the others interrogated and tortured, believing them to have said where. What Bam means is unclear, but he distrusts all.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsJean DastéRobert le FlonLouis LefebvreIn a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.Part of 'The Complete Jean Vigo' 2-disc special collectors' edition
- DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsPaola DionisottiAnna MasseySiân PhillipsPart of 'Beckett on Film' boxset
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsSean FoleyA hot, thirsty man in the desert is tormented when the things he needs drop from the sky only to disappear again or hover out of his reach.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsRosaleen LinehanRichard JohnsonA middle-aged woman, half-buried in the earth, chatters away to a taciturn man, who lives in a hole behind her. Later, she is buried up to her neck, and the man does not seem to be about.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorDavid MametStarsHarold PinterRebecca PidgeonJohn GielgudA stage director and his female assistant find the blackest protagonist possible, then make him up as white as possible, to create the titular character.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorKatie MitchellStarsTimothy SpallJim NortonHugh B. O'BrienTwo bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorDamien HirstStarsKeith AllenThe camera swoops down on a circular area, seemingly suspended in space. It is filled with medical waste and other trash. A labored exhalation is heard. Then it stops. Then it starts again, culminating in a windy, dying sigh.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset
- DirectorCharles GarradStarsNiall BuggyThe disembodied head of an old man with long white hair listens to three of his own voices: that of maturity, youth and old age.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset
- DirectorConor McPhersonStarsMichael GambonDavid ThewlisJean AndersonHamm is blind and unable to stand; Clov, his servant, is unable to sit; Nagg and Nell are his father and mother, who are legless and live in dustbins. Together they live in a room with two windows, but there may be nothing at all outside.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorEnda HughesStarsPat KinevaneMarcello MagniOn a strip of film exist a pile of clothes and two men in bags. The two men conduct their lives in isolation of each other: when one is awake, the other is asleep in his bag.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorRobin LefevreStarsStephen BrennanAs the rain patters outside, an old man talks to himself about birth, death, funerals, lamps, missing pictures and "loved ones" - a term he perpetually avoids using.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsAlan RickmanKristin Scott ThomasJuliet StevensonThe land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his mistress and his wife.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsPenelope WiltonAn old woman in a rocking chair listens to a disembodied voice (her own) that recounts her life and that of her mother's. When the voice stops, she calls for more.Part of 'Beckett on Film' boxset (pictured)
- CreatorChris FedakJosh SchwartzStarsZachary LeviYvonne StrahovskiJoshua GomezWhen a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.Seasons 1 and 2 (donated by Dani Rabinowitz)
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsMichael RedgraveTom CourtenayAvis BunnageA young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsMichael CaineShelley WintersMillicent MartinAn unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsSidney JamesKenneth WilliamsCharles HawtreyFarcical misadventures by guests in an English holiday centre.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsNigel PatrickYvonne MitchellMichael CraigThe murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsNiall MacGinnisBelle ChrystallJohn LaurieA way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsDirk BogardeSylvia SymsDennis PriceA closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsEric PortmanSheila SimDennis PriceThree modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.From History Special Subject reading list
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.Part of The Best of Ealing Studios Collection
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".Part of The Best of Ealing Studios Collection
From History Special Subject reading list - DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsAlec GuinnessStanley HollowaySidney JamesA meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.Part of The Best of Ealing Studios Collection
From History Special Subject reading list - DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodCecil ParkerAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.Part of The Best of Ealing Studios Collection
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessPeter SellersCecil ParkerFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.Part of The Best of Ealing Studios Collection
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsDonald CalthropA quick look at the different industries of Britain circa 1931.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorPaul RothaThe building and launch of an ocean liner.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorArthur EltonA short about the unemployed looking for work and what types of jobs are available in 1930's Britain.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorEdgar AnsteyArthur EltonStarsMr. NorwoodMrs. HillMrs. GravesSlum conditions, slum clearance, bright new public housing.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorBasil WrightStarsH. Wilson HarrisA documentary looking at the education system in 1930's Britain.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsNostalgic documentary short about the dying days of the age of sail as shown by the ships transporting china clay made notable for its director Humphrey Jennings and for being filmed in color.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorRalph BondRuby GriersonStarsHoward MarshallTaking a look at British rural working-class life in the 1930's.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorDonald AlexanderPaul RothaThe harsh conditions of unemployed miners are alleviated by a co-operative scheme in 1930's Wales.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorPaul RothaPossibly the most controversial three-minute film in British cinema history, this political advert urged the people of Britain to lobby their MPs to prevent the coming war.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- StarsJack LiveseyA short British film advising people what they should do in case of war starting made just a few years before the start of WWII.On Disc One of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorHarry WattStarsJ.B. PriestleyBritons rally together to defend the island against the Nazis who were occupying neighbouring countries.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorGeoffrey BellThe application of peace-time skills to war production.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorRuby GriersonStarsHal GordonA drama/documentary in which a matronly housewife performs various low-key good deeds to help keep her family and neighbours (and hence by extension her country) running during the war.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorJames CarrStarsJoseph MacleodA look at what life was like during WWII as a secondary school pupil in Britain.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsLaurence OlivierWinston ChurchillJoseph GoebbelsPoetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorJ.B. HolmesJack LeeStarsRobert Gordon MenziesDocumentary about an average day during the Blitz.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorDonald AlexanderStarsBeatrix LehmannChildcare for working women during the Second World War.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorGarson KaninStarsDanny KayeKate SmithDocumentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorJohn PageWorld War II propaganda film that shows the war-time agricultural work of women from the Women's Institute.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorRalph KeeneA look at the rural farming community during WWII and how farmers help stop food shortages during the war.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStewart McAllisterStarsLeonard BrockingtonJoseph MacleodBud FlanaganA depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorPat JacksonA short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorMax AndersonInformation on the different groups and organizations that are there to help the population during wartime.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsMichael RedgraveMyra HessJohn GielgudThis brief documentary-style film presents the status of Great Britain near the end of the Second World War by means of a visual diary for a baby boy born in September, 1944. Narration explains to "Timothy" what his family, his neighbors, and his fellow citizens are going through as the war nears its end, and what problems may remain for new Englishmen like Timothy to solve.On Disc Two of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
- DirectorPaul RothaStarsFrederick AllenElizabeth CowellHenry HallattDescribed as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they might be.On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)
Plus 'The Balance', by the same director (Paul Rotha), from 1947, but which doesn't have a separate entry on IMDb - DirectorMichael LawStarsRichard MassinghamRussell WatersArthur BranderTwo businessmen make a pact to end it all. After several failed attempts, something happens which changes their mind.On Disc Three of 'Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950' (From History Special Subject reading list)