Gaumont-British Instructional

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

"Shows how the hedgerows are used by many animals and birds to conceal their homes."

A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short.

A Secrets of Life short, potentially the second in the series about the Lupin.

A schoolboy almost misses the school sports day when he is wrongly punished for cruelty to a dog.

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

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

A Secrets of Life short similar to the ealier work, Climbing Plants.

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.

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.

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.

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

Birds of the Farne Islands.

A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

A Secrets of Life short about ants.

The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

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.