Strand Film Company

Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII.

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

A playful and affectionate look at London Zoo and the people and animals who make up its daily life.

A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden.

'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, and the building of an occupational centre in the depressed mining village of Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, Wales.

A romantic tour of Britain set to Dylan Thomas's poetry.

The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.

Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.

Two lovers search for some privacy to kiss during the blitz.

Made in 1941, this stirring Ministry of Information dramatisation tells the story of a Crusader tank crew trapped behind enemy lines in the Desert. With no intercom, a wounded crewman and little fuel, they must fight their way through an Italian column to freedom.

A short documentary about the work of the National Trust in Great Britain

This survey of early Cornish history looks at the country's language, landscape and industries.

The film sequences were represented by the premiere of the now thought lost short 'Cover To Cover' directed by Paul Rotha. This short film illustrated the production of a book. Added comments from such luminaries as Julian Huntley and TS. Eliot added class.

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)

Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough schooling in spite of wartime obstacles.

Unemployed miners in South Wales are helped to form a Subsistence Production Society to farm and produce goods co-operatively.

Anti nazi short.

A 1935 black and white film advertising London and exolting it's most popular tourist attractions.