Malcolm Arnold

A documentary portrait of composer Malcolm Arnold. Broadcast in two parts on The South Bank Show but premiered in its entirety at the Royal Festival Hall

Filmmaker John Milius discusses David Lean's classic Academy Award winner "The Bridge on the River Kwai."

A documentary about British composer Malcolm Arnold

1. Intro 2. First Movement: Moderato - Allegro 3. Second Movement: Andante 4. Third Movement: Vivace - Presto Recorded on September 24th, 1969 at London's Royal Albert Hall, Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra really was a meeting of two different worlds.

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police

A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.

BP documentary film exploring the natural beauty of oil under the microscope, and through a variety of other techniques.

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

A resistência norueguesa tenta sabotar os esforços alemães para produzir um componente da bomba atômica durante a segunda guerra mundial. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Noruega foi ocupada pela Alemanha. Nos claros e profundos fiordes tentavam produzir água "pesada", um componente vital na fabricação de uma bomba atômica. Uma arma que ganharia a guerra pela Alemanha. O Movimento de Resistência Norueguês descobre isso e os aliados são alertados. Mas terão tempo e oportunidade para impedir que o precioso ingrediente seja produzido e usado?

Set during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir Dullea is Private Doll, who dreads the invasion and steals a pistol to help him protect himself. Sergeant Welsh (Jack Warden), a caustic, battle-scarred veteran, hates Doll, whom he considers a coward. In battle, Doll kills a Japanese soldier and is filled with remorse, which further angers the sergeant. The next day, an emboldened Doll wipes out an entire enemy machine gun post and begins to feel as sadistic as Welsh. The two must work together to clear away some mines, but as they do, their platoon is surprised by a Japanese raid.

Uma avó procura uma governanta para sua neta de 16 anos, Laurel, que conseguiu expulsar todas até agora, expondo seu passado, com um recorde de três em uma semana! Quando uma candidata com um passado misterioso consegue pegar o emprego, Laurel promete expô-la. Enquanto isso, a mãe casada e divorciada de Laurel tenta recuperá-la.

José Ferrer and Horst Buchholz star in this fictionalised account of events leading up to the assassination of Indian spiritual leader and independence campaigner Mahatma Gandhi.

Young Tina lives with her mother and stepfather on a wildlife reserve in Kenya. While her stepfather believes this is a wonderful environment for her to grow up in, her mother becomes increasingly concerned by her behaviour. These concerns are reinforced when it is revealed that her daughter's best friend in the whole world is a fully grown lion. Worried that her daughter may be turning into a savage, she sends for her former husband, Tina's biological father, in the hope that he can take her back to civilization (in this case rural Connecticut). But it seems as though Tina's mother wants something more than a civilized upbringing for her daughter.

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.

Logo após a 2ª Guerra Mundial, o Major Jock Sinclair (Alec Guinness), boêmio, bom de copo, e amigo de seus subordinados, vive seus últimos dias no comando de um regimento escocês. Em seu lugar, assumirá o Coronel Basil Barrow (John Mills), oficial muito mais rígido e disciplinador. O conflito entre as duas personalidades mudará a vida de todos os envolvidos naquele batalhão. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

A young factory worker stands alone against a proposed strike.

Depois de se tornar rei do antigo Israel, Salomão enfrenta ameaças vindas de seu irmão ciumento e despossuído Adonias, o faraó egípcio e a intrigante rainha de Sabá. Pouco antes de sua morte no antigo Israel, o rei Davi teve uma visão de Deus dizendo que seu filho mais novo, Salomão, deveria sucedê-lo como rei. Seu outro filho, Adonias, é infeliz e pretende assumir o trono. Enquanto isso, o Faraó egípcio concorda em ceder um porto do Mar Vermelho para a rainha de Sabá, se ela encontrar uma maneira de destruir Salomão, cuja sabedoria e governo benevolente são vistos como uma ameaça para os monarcas mais tirânicos da região. A Rainha de Sabá, o Faraó, Adonias, os líderes das Doze Tribos e seu próprio Deus dificultam a vida de Salomão, que é tentado pela Rainha de Sabá a se desviar de seu caminho.

A jovem socialite Catherine Holly fica traumatizada após testemunhar a morte do seu primo. Mas a sua tia tenta subornar um médico para fazer uma lobotomia na sobrinha, com o objetivo de manter as circunstâncias da morte do filho em segredo.

Em Londres da década de 1950, o pintor holandês Jan-Van Rooyer tem um caso com uma francesa rica que é assassinada, fazendo com que Van Rooyer se torne o principal suspeito do Scotland Yard.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary reviewing the 1958 Alpine Rally.

Toda sua vida a inglesa Gladys Aylward sabia que a China era o lugar onde ela pertencia. Não qualificada para ser enviado para lá como missionária, Gladys trabalha como doméstica para ganhar o dinheiro necessário para custear a viagem à uma pobre aldeia remota chinesa. Lá, ela finalmente vive uma vida plena e feliz. tocando uma pousada, atuando como "Inspetora de Pés", aconselhando o mandarim local e até mesmo ganhando o coração do mestiço Capitão Lin Nan. Mas Gladys descobre seu verdadeiro destino, quando o país é invadido pelo Japão e as crianças chinesas precisam dela para salvarem suas vidas. Baseado em uma história verdadeira.

Na África Equatorial Francesa, um ecologista inicia uma campanha de conscientização pública para ajudar a salvar os elefantes africanos da extinção.

Na Inglaterra durante a guerra, por volta de 1941, rebocadores mal armados são enviados para a chamada "U-Boat Alley", a área de atuação dos submarinos U-Boat alemães no canal da Mancha, para resgatar navios aliados danificados. Um americano chamado David Ross chega a capitão de um desses rebocadores. Ele recebeu uma chave de um colega de rebocadores, capitão Chris Ford, uma chave de um apartamento onde reside uma bonita mulher. Se algo acontecer com o amigo Chris, Ross deve usar a chave.

Duas histórias em uma. Um tranquilo Cabo Britânico na França torna-se responsável pelas vidas de seus homens quando seu oficial é morto. Ele tem que levá-los de volta para a Grã-Bretanha de alguma forma. Enquanto isso, civis britânicos estão sendo arrastados para a guerra com a Operação Dynamo, a operação de retirada das forças francesas e britânicas encurraladas nas praias de Dunquerque. Alguns se apresentam para ajudar, enquanto outros estão menos dispostos.

A behind-the-scenes look at the building of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and the preparations for its destruction.

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.

Depois de liquidar suas diferenças com o comandante de um campo de prisioneiros japonês, um coronel britânico coopera para supervisionar seus homens na construção de uma ponte ferroviária para os seus captores - enquanto permanece alheio aos planos dos Aliados para destruí-la.

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.

Mike Ribble já foi uma vez um grande trapezista, e o único a ter completado um Salto Mortal Triplo, antes de seu acidente. Tino se junta ao circo, e consegue convencer Mike para ensinar-lhe o "Triplo". Enquanto isso Lola, uma acrobata, quer fazer parte do novo número.

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Em uma sociedade futurística totalitária, controlada pelo "Big Brother", o amor é proibido. Winston Smith é um funcionários do Estado, ele é responsável por reescrever a história e, ao se apaixonar por Julia, é visto como rebelde, sofrendo tortura e lavagem cerebral pelo seu crime.

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. (TCM.com)

A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

A wealthy young man (Gregson) from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer (Dors). She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.

Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.

At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a Royal Navy officer is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a Dakota bound for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese mountains. Amongst those listening is Air Marshal Hardie who is due to fly to Tokyo the next day. Hardie initially dismisses the dream because he is scheduled to fly out in a Liberator, but as Hardie arrives at the airport he discovers that the Liberator has developed mechanical problems and has been replaced by a Dakota. When, just before the flight is due to depart, two soldiers board the plane making a complement of eight, Hardie fears that the dream may be coming true and he is destined to die.

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.

A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.

Durante o outono de 1944, um avião Hudson da RAF que transporta um passageiro VIP com informações altamente secretas é alvejado e cai no Mar do Norte. Lutando contra os elementos e tentando manter a moral, os ocupantes do bote salva-vidas da aeronave falam sobre suas vidas enquanto aguardam o resgate que eles esperam que virá. O título do filme, O Mar Não os Terá, é o lema do Serviço de Resgate Aeronaval (Air Sea Rescue Service) da RAF, que se propõe a rapidamente enfrentar seus próprios problemas mecânicos, a ação inimiga, o tempo e o clima, e assim localizar e resgatar a equipe derrubada e os papéis secretos vitais que eles carregam.

Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) é dono de uma sapataria de sucesso na cidade de Salford, no século XIX. Os motivos de tantas vendas são dois: Willie Mossop (John Mills), um jovem analfabeto que tem um talento especial para trabalhar com couro e uma de suas filhas, Maggie Hobson (Brenda De Banzie), que tem um dom especial para vendas. Apesar do seu talento para os negócios, Hobson não quer que Maggie se case, prefere que as duas filhas mais novas façam isso, enquanto ela continue nos negócios. Revoltada, ela decide tomar uma decisão crucial em sua vida.

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.

Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.

This travelogue emphasizes Copenhagen's harmonious residents and tone. We see well-known landmarks and get a quick history of some of them.

A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.

Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro-ecological message is always present, but never so much as to degenerate into fatuous speechmaking. As a means to introduce the semblance of a plot, writer/director Cyril Frankel concentrates on the trials and tribulations of clerk-cum-farmer Jonathan (Frederick Bijurenda) and his native sweetheart Violet (Violet Mukabuerza). Print quality in Man of Africa varies from adequate to murky.

An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.

An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.

A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.

História ficcional dos engenheiros aeroespaciais britânicos que tentam resolver o problema do voo supersônico. O piloto de caça Tony, bem-sucedido durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, se casa com Susan, filha de um magnata do petróleo que também projeta aviões. O filme mostra a tentativa da empresa de quebrar a barreira do som, bem como as tensões entre pai e filha. Muitas filmagens do início dos anos 50 da aviação a jato na Grã-Bretanha, bem como cenas reais do avião Comet, primeiro avião a jato de passageiros do mundo. e Livre.

A doctor changes a woman's face to match the one that broke his heart. Trouble starts when his love returns.

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.

The initial stages of the construction of an oil refinery on the Isle of Grain, Kent, and its impact on the local farming community.

Um engenheiro aeronáutico prevê que um novo modelo de avião falhará catastroficamente e de uma maneira inédita após um número específico de horas de voo. James Stewart interpreta o engenheiro aeronáutico Theodore Honey, o protótipo de um professor: distraído, excêntrico, esquecido, mas brilhante. Seus estudos mostram que a aeronave que está sendo fabricada por seu empregador tem uma falha de design sutil, mas mortal, que se manifesta apenas após a aeronave ter voado um determinado número de horas. A caminho de um local de acidente para provar sua teoria, Honey descobre que está a bordo de um avião que se aproxima rapidamente do prazo mortal previsto.

Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.

One of a series of newsreels made about mining

One of a series of newsreels made about mining