BFI Screen Guide - British Documentaries
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- DirectorAlexander AtanesyanStarsMaksim SukhanovAndrey PaninSergey NovikovFeliks, professional killer, has only 24 hours to get to the distant island, where his beloved woman and the money for the custom made is waiting for him. Lyova Shalamov and his brother Garik have also 24 hours to find and to kill Feliks.
- DirectorTony ThompsonStarStephen MurrayA documentary showing aspects of long-disappeared rural life in Northumberland in 1953.
- DirectorGeoffrey MalinsStarBeauvoir De LisleDocumentary (with some re-enacted footage) of the British army's participation in the Battle of the Somme in France during World War I.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsJ.B. PriestleyWinston ChurchillBritons rally together to defend the island against the Nazis who were occupying neighbouring countries.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsW.H. AudenMontagu SlaterDocumentary showing the dangerous working conditions of coal mining across England, Scotland and Wales.
- DirectorDominic SavageStarsAlan BirkinBarry RitchieDavid WalshA look at the lives and opinions of three consumer crusaders who stand up for the rights of dissatisfied customers everywhere.
- DirectorGeorge LoweStarsMeredith EdwardsJohn HuntGeorge BandDocumentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.
- A coal miner says good-bye to his wife and children, and heads off to work. He reaches the mine, prepares his lamp, and then descends into the mine along with some other workers. As he and the others work inside the mine, the coal is sent to the surface, where others at the mining site are ready to process the coal and to prepare it for shipping.
- DirectorsRoy BoultingDavid MacDonaldStarsHarold AlexanderWinston ChurchillAdolf HitlerThe Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including a re-enactment.
- StarsMichael RedgraveRalph RichardsonEmlyn WilliamsBritain fights its first major battle, the Battle of the Somme.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn GriersonA silent documentary film by John Grierson telling the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.
- DirectorBrian HillEvocative visit to Britain's drinking culture, made atmospheric by its use of poetry out of the mouths of the drinkers it portrays.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarAlun OwenA day in the working class market at Covent Garden in London, where fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers are sold.
- DirectorPaul RothaStarA.J. CummingsA passionate and ambitious appeal for socialist planning.
