Robin Carruthers

Movies

They Planted a Stone
Director
They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. The film portrays how dams, barrages and irrigation canals were constructed on the Nile in Sudan, to generate hydroelectricity, irrigate the desert and create such projects as the Gezira Scheme. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Clyde-Built
Director
A short documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde.
Power to Order
Director
'Power to Order' follows the production of a steam locomotive at the renowned Doncaster works.
City Bound
Director
Filmed after the start of the blitz, but with little visual reference to this, 'City Bound' is an exploration of the daily commute into London from the suburbs in 1941.