Night Mail
Night Mail is a short (25 minute) black and white documentary made in 1936. It shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run,…
Bulldog Jack
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind’s (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that’s targeting a…
Man of the Moment
The Immortal Swan
“The Immortal Swan”, is a 1935 documentary tribute filmed not long after Pavlova’s death that depicts the star dancing, including her most famous solo, “The Dying Swan”.
The Immortal Gentleman
Workers and Jobs
Public information film aimed at the unemployed, commissioned by the Ministry of Labour.
Invitation To The Waltz
As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.
The Student’s Romance
A Student’s Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In 1825, impoverished…
Barnacle Bill
The Quarrymen
Wings Over Everest
The Old Curiosity Shop
A Shot in the Dark
Money Talks
The Fortunate Fool
The Beggar Student
Australian Wines
Propaganda – advertising. Animated titles spelling out the message – “Australian wines:- In the sunlit vineyards of Australia grow luscious grapes for wines, pressed and bottled into sweet, dry, or…
Out of the Blue
Workers’ Topical News No. 1
“UNEMPLOYMENT DAY: MARCH 6th 1930.” “Contingents of marchers arriving at Tower Hill.” A long column of marchers carrying banners moves through great crowds (89); CS of a girl selling the…
Juno and the Paycock
The Return of the Rat
The rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, “The Rat” – but her interest in another man is an open secret. Forced to defend his honour, the Rat takes…
High Treason
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high alert.
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Ring
Walter the Prodigal
Walter comes home drunk from a fancy dress ball he has attended as a convict. His father announces that he has been a wastrel long enough and throws him out….
The Triumph of the Rat
Pierre Boucheron, alias ‘The Rat’ and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as the kept man of Zelie de Chaumet. But when she learns he is…
The Queen of Hearts
Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin…