Leslie Mitchell

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and...

The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a...

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s young life up to...

In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight...

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps...

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...

'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War,...

A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

Visit to concentration camps.

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

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With factories established at Risley, Capenhurst, Springfield and Windscale, Britain's atomic research is forging ahead.

Publicity film for manufacturers and retailers of television equipment. A survey of the programmes transmitted by the British Broadcasting...

The film sequences were represented by the premiere of the now thought lost short 'Cover To Cover' directed by Paul Rotha. This short film...

A tribute to the Avro Lancaster, “the most powerful and efficient bomber in the world, and one of the most important war-winning weapons in the...

A survey of the equipment and brief but already glorious history of the RAF, including the contributions of the Air Forces of the Empire.