Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Londoners prepare for war.

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

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

British war documentary

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

The laying of underground telephone cables.

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

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

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Men in Danger is a documentary about health and safety in industry, covering occupational diseases and potential accidents. It also covers the...

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