Arthur Elton

Filmes

The Oil Field
Producer
How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.
The Detection of Mineral Oil
Producer
Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.
Religion and the People
Associate Producer
Documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British Experience.
Transfer of Skill
Producer
Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.
Tomorrow Is Theirs
Associate Producer
Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough schooling in spite of wartime obstacles.
Transfer of Power
Producer
The Shell Film Unit's free-enterprise history of technology.
Enough to Eat?
Director
A British documentary short about nutrition
Workers and Jobs
Director
Public information film aimed at the unemployed, commissioned by the Ministry of Labour.
Housing Problems
Producer
The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.
Housing Problems
Director
The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.
Air Post
Producer
Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.
John Atkins Saves Up
Director
Combining a whimsical romantic tale, practical information about the Post Office Savings Bank, and a gently experimental film-making technique, this film entertainingly depicts some of the prospects opened up by having a savings account.
Aero-Engine
Director
An intricate and richly detailed observation of every step in the making of an aircraft engine.
Industrial Britain
Additional Photography
Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a hint of ambiguity or doubt--fits that category well. The authoritatarian narrator feels out-of-date and unsophisticated, but the footage is well shot and interesting, and the transparency of the propaganda aspect is almost a reflief at a time when so many films have hidden agendas.
Shadow on the Mountains
Director
Shadow on the Mountains (Arthur Elton, 1932) is a classic English pastoral, with impressionistic views of the English countryside as it expounds the virtues of farming and shepherding.