J.B. Holmes

Filmes

And Gladly He Would Learn
Producer
A BAFTA award nominated documentary exploring the life of British teachers and their families in the developing countries of the Commonwealth and the challenge and opportunities it affords.
This Is York
Director
A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.
Ocean Terminal
Director
Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who work with them are the subject of this film as they reflect in their personal lives some of the drama and romance of its situation. Among them are a tug skipper and his crew, a stewardess on a Cape ship, an assistant wharfinger in charge of handling baggage and freight, a taxi driver, and a pilot taking a great liner down Southampton water at night.
This Year – London
Director
A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.
Probation Officer
Director
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
Berth 24
Director
Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".
The People at No. 19
Director
Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital promiscuity.
Children's Charter
Producer
A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all children get a good education.
The True Story of Lili Marlene
Producer
The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in post-WW1 Hamburg, via Radio Belgrade and the Afrika Korps, through victory in Tunisia and Sicily, to an imagined post-war East End, full of light, music and bananas for sale.
Coastal Command
Director
Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and U-boats, all done by the actual men & women of the RAF.
Ordinary People
Director
Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.
The Way to the Sea
Director
A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden.