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- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardFrancis L. SullivanAllan JeayesProfessor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsLeslie HowardLaurence OlivierRichard GeorgeA World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsMichael RedgraveValerie HobsonGriffith JonesAfter their state-of-the-art steamship the "Gigantic" sinks a few minutes after being launched, the MacIver brothers of Liverpool begin to plan for the future of their company. David (Griffith Jones) takes a business-like approach and eventually joins forces with former rivals, but decides the expensive gamble of steamships is not the way to go. Charles (Sir Michael Redgrave) embarks on a different course, sailing on a doomed ship to America to forge an alliance with Samuel Cunard (Hartley Power). Eventually, the brothers are reunited in their bid to gain the mail contract from the British government, although their relationship might not last since each is in love with Mary (Valerie Hobson), the daughter of one of their backers.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsLeslie BanksAlastair SimJeanne De CasalisAllied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAnton WalbrookSally GrayDerrick De MarneyDuring World War II, an American newswoman falls for a Polish piano virtuoso...who wants to go back and fight.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsWilfrid LawsonAnn ToddJohn WarwickA successful singer in America returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son have fallen on hard times.
- DirectorHarold HuthStarsJudy CampbellSebastian ShawNiall MacGinnisThe homicidal maniac,who is strangling young women in London's West Side, is being sought by both Scotland Yard and a young reporter/writer, Penny Sutton. She had found one of the murder victims and had set out to get the story for both her newspaper, and for the thriller yarns she writes. The trail leads to an eccentric millionaire living under an assumed name. Penny uncovers enough evidence to convict the man, but a new clue turns up in time to save him and unmask the real killer.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsBunny DoyleBetty DriverH.F. Maltby
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsClive BrookDiana WynyardRaymond HuntleyHitler's doctor is gradually realizing that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start disappearing into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile, Dr. Karl decides to try to do something to counteract Nazi propaganda and, with the help of an engineer and a few friends, he sets up the Freedom Radio to hinder Nazi propaganda.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsBud FlanaganChesney AllenJimmy NervoThe Crazy gang invade Nazi Germany !! They accidentally pilot a balloon over enemy territory.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsVic OliverSarah ChurchillEvelyn DallLucky Lyndon and his devoted secretary Ruth use their talent agency to find and help unknowns who need an opportunity.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsBebe DanielsBen LyonVic OliverBebe and Ben are husband and wife (precisely as in real life), striving for the best scoop for their rival radio broadcasts, amidst troubles caused by Vic Oliver. Bebe, now Miss Liberty for the war effort, has an exclusive: a British refugee boy whose father owns the castle in Amersham which has just been bombed during the air raids. The fund-raising campaign begins and so does their race for getting first to Amersham. The film follows the success of their same-named British radio show.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochLily MorrisStruggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsGordon HarkerAlastair SimPhyllis CalvertThe plot pits Hornleigh and Bingham against a clever gang of Nazi espionage agents. Most of the action takes place aboard a speeding train, with our heroes never quite certain who can be trusted and who can't. Phyllis Calvert contributes to the intrigue as one Mrs. Wilkinson who is not all she seems to be.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsBarbara MullenMichael RedgraveWilfrid LawsonBased on Aimée Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a grand tour of the Continent.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMichael RedgravePhyllis CalvertPhilip FrostKipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. But money can't make him a gentleman, or bring him the girl he really wants.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsDeborah KerrClifford EvansGeorge CarneyDuring the Depression in England, a young lady from Lancashire decides to be a rich bookmaker's mistress, just to help the rest of her unemployed family.
- DirectorGabriel PascalHarold FrenchStarsWendy HillerRex HarrisonRobert MorleyA young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
- DirectorWalter C. MycroftStarsCharles ClaphamJohn WarwickPatricia RocA naval officer attempts to juggle a visit from his wife's family, and a visit from an ex-girlfriend, with farcical results.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsDavid Tomlinson
- DirectorIan DalrympleStarsMorland GrahamJohn MillsMary ClareWorld War I veteran Bill is inspired to re-enlist in 1939, and ends up serving with his son.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneErnest Butcher
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneJohn LongdenMother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsArthur LucanKitty McShaneJohn StuartA charwoman comes upon a plot to steal the invention of a man who lives in a haunted house.
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn Halas
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMargaret LockwoodMarjorie FieldingA.E. MatthewsA young couple become engaged, but enjoy several comedic adventures before their wedding day.
- DirectorGermain BurgerStarsDavid FarrarPhilip FriendHelen PerryA blind West country preacher is in love with a local girl but she wants to marry another. Meanwhile the local farmers are puzzled by the sheep that seem to vanish from their flocks.
- DirectorSergei NolbandovStarsJohn ClementsLeslie BanksJane BaxterLt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyLinden TraversEnid Stamp-TaylorGeorge Butters is a double for a South American opera singer.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsDerek FarrVera LindsayHay PetrieA young man's fiancée dies after contracting a terminal illness and, in his efforts to contact her, he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
- DirectorWalter C. MycroftStarsEnid Stamp-TaylorMichael WildingBasil SydneyA young man's mother wants him to marry a wealthy heiress, but the man falls in love with the girl's sister.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsGeoffrey HibbertHarry WelchmanGreta GyntOn his father's death, an 18-year-old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realizing that the other directors want to keep him in the dark, he starts to ask questions and he soon goes undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissNorman LeeStarsBasil SydneyWilfrid LawsonNora SwinburneAfter his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsArthur AskeyRichard MurdochKathleen HarrisonHigh jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayClaude HulbertFelix AylmerA hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Lamb has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
- DirectorNorman WalkerStarsWilfrid LawsonMary JerroldWilliam FreshmanHenry Foley gave up fishing when his two sons were lost at sea. But when war breaks out, he joins a lifeboat crew, to his wife's dismay.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsJames MasonMary ClareMargaret VynerJames Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the girl's father not to pay the ransom. After several near-misses on his life, he learns that the doctor in charge of the nursing home has been taken prisoner by the kidnappers. And then the wicket gets stiff or stuffy, or whatever wickets do.
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsJohn GielgudDiana WynyardWill FyffeA biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsHugh SinclairSally GrayArthur MacraeWhile on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsEmlyn WilliamsJohn ClementsConstance CummingsA visiting American woman is shown how the people of an English village responded to invasions and threats through four historical vignettes.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsWilfrid LawsonMovitaMichael RennieA British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper, planning to make his escape with some valuable documents when a British boat arrives to pick them up.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyPeggy BryanElliott MasonGeorge Pearson, who works for a underwear firm that is 20 years out of date, invests his own money in a new type of thread. The company are not interested in changes, and he quits. Later the firm discover that the thread has revolutionized the garment industry, they move quickly, to hire him back, before the opposition hear the news, and make him a better offer.
- DirectorJack RaymondStarsRobert MorleyEmlyn WilliamsDorothy HysonBiopic of Victorian songwriter Leslie Stuart who achieved fame and international success as a composer of Edwardian musical comedy, but with the coming of the Jazz Age sank back into poverty and obscurity.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsBean AileinSomhaisle Mac 'Ille MhoireIan Mac Néill GhiolaisHow Harris Tweed is made by the islanders in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
- DirectorCecil MuskA Technicolor introduction to the manufacture and design of both woven and printed cotton fabrics, the products of which are presented in a stunning fashion show.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsEdward R. MurrowShows glimpses of wartime in the North and Midlands of Britain.
- DirectorJirí WeissStarsEliot MakehamJoan GreenwoodDerek Blomfield
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsBill BlewittRobert NewtonLeonard SharpLightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during World War II finds the Nazis don't respect the lightships' humanitarian purpose.
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsStarsLaurence OlivierWinston ChurchillJoseph GoebbelsPoetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Nazi blitz in World War II. This short film serves as both propaganda and as a rallying cry to the British people.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsJohn GielgudMichael PowellNarrated by John Gielgud, the letter in question appeared in The Times of London, written by a pilot who had been killed in the war.
- DirectorDonald TaylorStarsAnne FirthCyril ChamberlainNoel DaintonBill and Sally are looking for some privacy before Bill rejoins his unit. The ARP points out that they'd be better off taking raids seriously and staying under cover.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsJohn CobbRichard PeirsePercy Charles PickardThe planning and implementation of an RAF night raid on Germany in World War II, concentrating on a low level mission by a Wellington bomber on an oil storage facility by the Rhine.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissNorman LeeStarsGeorge AllisonArsenal footballer George Allison explains to them the importance of team spirit to a group of ill-disciplined children and how this applies to the war effort.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsCaven WatsonCyril Chamberlain
- DirectorSydney BoxUsing boxing as a metaphor, methods of dealing with enemy tanks are discussed.
- DirectorFrancis Searle
- DirectorCharles RidleyStarsAdolf HitlerFootage from Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda documentary, Triumph of the Will, is juxtaposed with a popular British dance tune to make fun of Hitler, in this playful short subject.
- DirectorLen LyeStarsValerie ForrestHilda MastersA recipe for a wartime vegetable pie.
- DirectorJoy BatchelorJohn Halas
- DirectorHumphrey JenningsA short documentary about life in England during wartime. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsMichael FrankDuggie ByngMarcel KingUsing edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.
- DirectorFrank SainsburyStarsHarold Gillies
- DirectorJ.B. HolmesStarsHoward St. JohnBill Blewitt
- DirectorKay ManderFiling is a way of smoothing and shaping material to exact dimensions. It is used in all branches of engineering, from the finishing of heavy castings to the precision work of the aircraft industry. This training film produced in 1941 demonstrates the basic filing techniques and some of the specialist files used for advanced jobs. It is essential to set up the job properly before starting to file. A vice should be used to hold in place the object to be filed, protecting the object from the jaws of the vice using soft metal clamps. To file correctly, the object must be set up square, with the marking line (showing the limits of filing) facing towards you. It is also important to stand properly before starting to file. Stand with the left foot forward and the right foot back, with the body balanced evenly on both feet. Press the handle of the file firmly into the palm of your right hand, with the thumb on top of the file. Like most other cutting tools, using a file with great force will not add to its cutting power. The teeth can cut away the metal only on the outward stroke, so there should be pressure from the left hand on the return stroke. Since pressure from the left hand clogs the teeth with scurf (surface irregularities or imperfections), the file will lose some of its cutting power. Even without applying pressure some scurf will be picked up, so the file should be cleaned using a wire brush after each job. Check the accuracy of the work frequently. A firm stroke in the direction opposite to the previous filing will reveal any high spots as shaded patches. At a more advanced stage of the job, you can test the surface with a straight edge. If the metal is rubbed in red lead or bluing on a surface plate, the high spots pick up the stain. A dead smooth file, for creating a fine cut made is used for the final stage, known as draw filing, which requires a different grip. When filing the rounded end of a metal fitting, known as a radius, you need to use a circular rolling action. For some jobs, a specially shaped file is needed. These include the thin tapered wearing file, the round rat tailed file, the safe-edge file, and the half round file. Prior to attempting advanced filing techniques individuals should master the three rules of basic filing: correct position, correct grip and correct stroke.
- DirectorJack Lee
- StarsLeslie Banks
- DirectorJack EllittStarsRoy HayDocumentary on different methods of digging over ground before sowing.
- DirectorStanley L. RussellStarsAlvar LiddellFood production in wartime Scotland.
- DirectorMary Field
- DirectorJohn EldridgeStarsBruce BelfrageBernard MilesArchie HarradineA newspaper editor despatches his reporters to cover the war effort at home and abroad.
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsPercy WalshBernard MilesTwo Home Guard volunteers discuss the causes of war and their hopes for peace in the future.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsBarbara EverestMuriel George
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsMuriel GeorgeDavid KeirHay PetrieThe British government tries to persuade people not to clog up the wartime (World War II) public transportation system by keeping its use to a minimum during "rush hour".
- DirectorMaxwell MundenStarsJohn SlaterShort war time film about the daily activities of Shunter Trains in British Railway Yards and their importance and contribution to the war effort.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsSydney HowardMuriel GeorgeWylie WatsonComic propaganda short explaining the importance of blackout procedures during WWII.
- DirectorHorace Shepherd
- DirectorHorace ShepherdStarsAlfredo CampoliFrank Drew
- DirectorHorace Shepherd
- DirectorBladon PeakeStarsCharles VictorJames HarcourtValentine DunnMinistry of Information propaganda short illustrating how irresponsible citizens can distort war news by repeating and embellishing rumours.
- DirectorAndrew BuchananStarsJeanne De CasalisWallace EvennettAubrey MallalieuHow to achieve a balanced diet in wartime.
- DirectorJay LewisStarsFrederick AllenPropaganda film showing how mobile canteens would be rushed to bombed areas of Britain during World War II.
- DirectorJohn EldridgeStarsNorman WilliamsBill ElliotJohn MartinMade 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.
- DirectorEugeniusz CekalskiStarsDerrick De MarneyTerence de Marney
- DirectorJ.D. ChambersStarsHenry AinleyThe Nazis' book-burning is contrasted with the wartime boom in reading and publishing in Britain.
- DirectorDonald AlexanderStarsBeatrix LehmannChildcare for working women during the Second World War.
- DirectorJohn Taylor
- DirectorDesmond DickinsonStarsTommy TrinderJean ColinEdward ChapmanTommy Trinder promotes the virtues of the wartime communal British Restaurants.
- DirectorAlex BryceStarsMrs. InglestoneThe ChildrenGrandma gives the task of cooking the cabbage to Sally and Jane, who each get one half a cabbage to work with. Sally's half turns out delicious; Jane's half is nasty and tasteless.
- DirectorJohn PageWorld War II propaganda film that shows the war-time agricultural work of women from the Women's Institute.
- DirectorJohn E. LewisBritish Council short film about building ships from steel and the different trades involved. The story is told through the eyes of young David, the son of a journeyman steel fabricator. David spends the day at the shipyard whilst his father toils. He finds many ways to create mischief as well as helping out here and there.
- DirectorJay Lewis
- DirectorFrank Sainsbury
- DirectorIvan Moffat
- DirectorLouise Birt
- DirectorDonald Taylor
- DirectorMichael HankinsonStarsRoy HayProduced by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1941, this film explains how to prepare an area of ground for growing your veg, and shows why not having space is simply no excuse.