James McKechnie

An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.

"Wild creatures flee in terror as a strange missile flies overhead. As it passes over the sleeping city, the world's leaders and wise men look upwards. The missile explodes, destroying humans, wild creatures and the Earth itself. A Short Vision became one of the most influential British animated films ever made when it was screened on US television as part of the popular Ed Sullivan Show. Although children were advised to leave the room while it played, it still caused outrage and alarm with its graphic representation of the horrors of nuclear war.

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him

Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.

Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.

Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.

Scripted by poet Dylan Thomas, this affecting docu-drama recalls the incendiary bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940. The film focusses on reconstruction and morale: we see the city's rebirth through the eyes of a young local couple planning for their future, and an engineer interested in the new housing drive. This is one of several 1940s films introducing cinemagoers to the good old 'prefab'.

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.

보어 전쟁에서 귀향한 젊은 영국인 장교 클라이브 캔디(Clive Candy: 로저 리베세이 분)는 독일에서 영국인들에 대한 헛소문이 퍼져 있다는 이야기를 전해 듣고 진실을 알리기 위해 독일로 떠난다. 베를린에서 이야기의 제공자인 영국인 가정교사 이디스(Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Johnny Cannon: 데보라 커 분)를 만나 소문을 퍼뜨리고 다니는 커니츠를 찾아간 캔디, 그곳에서 커니츠의 동료들을 화나게 해 결투 신청을 받는다. 결투를 해서 부상을 입게 된 캔디, 입원한 병원에서 결투의 상대였던 독일인 장교 테오(Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff: 안톤 월브룩 분)를 만나 향후 40년이 넘을 우정을 쌓게 된다. 테오와의 인연은 거기서 끝나지 않고 캔디를 병문안 하던 이디스가 테오와 사랑에 빠져 두 사람이 결혼하기까지 이른다. 두 사람의 결혼을 축복해주고 영국으로 돌아온 캔디, 자신이 이디스를 사랑했었다는 걸 깨닫지만 때는 이미 늦었다. 이후 캔디는 군 생활을 계속하며 간호사 바바라(Barbara Wynne: 데보라 커 분)와 결혼한다. 하지만 바바라는 몇 년 후에 죽고 그는 다시 2차 세계 대전에 참전한다. 이 전쟁 동안 캔디는 나치의 행각을 보게 되고 테오와의 인연은 계속 이어진다. 은퇴를 앞두고 영국에 정착하기 위해 영국으로 돌아온 테오와 다시 만나는 캔디, 은퇴를 앞두고 명예와 의리에 대해 주절거리며 나치처럼 싸우기보다는 전쟁에서 패배하겠다는 말을 한다.

Anti nazi short.

A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland.

Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition.

An overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used.