Gaumont-British Instructional

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short about the production of seeds.

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

Go with the flow: to gentle but spellbinding effect this innovative natural history film glimpses marine life astride rising tides at Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae. Urchins, lugworm, weaver-fish and crabs are the shy-but-elegant stars coaxed onto the screen (with the assistance of Millport’s local research station) for this archetypal edition of Gaumont-British Instructional’s 1930s cinema series Secrets of Life.

In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.

A Secrets of Life short about the sawfly.

The film takes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to "listen to their gossip", before demonstrating the bird’s flight in slow motion. We see a polecat feasting on gull eggs, and then a man collecting the eggs for human consumption, with the film telling us that they are considered a “delicacy” in London. Indeed, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, around 300,000 gull’s eggs were sold every year in Leadenhall Market in London during the 1930s, when London Visitors was made.

Record of a voyage on the four-masted barque "Passat" from Sweden to Capetown.

A Secrets of Life short about the movement of animals.

Using diagrams, 'Atlantic' explores the history of the empires surrounding the Atlantic Ocean over the last 600 years.

A Secrets of Life documentary about bathing time at the zoo. The film was registered on the Board of Trade's official list under Section 6 of the Films Act as 883ft long (roughly 9 minutes if projected at 24 frames per second) It is a remake, or update, of the short "Bath Time at the Zoo" from Secrets of Nature.

A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short about a raven.

Short nature documentary by Mary Field and F. Percy Smith.

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

A Secrets of Life short about waterfowl.

Follows a young writer, James Selworthy, who is trying to establish himself as a writer. Supported by his wife Molly, he sends off manuscripts to publishers, but is turned down again and again. When war breaks out, he joins the army and fights in the trenches.

This promotional film bills the market town of Newark as central to the farming industry, with an array of regional produce and livestock. It was sponsored by the British Council and intended for an international audience.