J.B. Holmes

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

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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.

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A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

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Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves." Follows the work of a probation officer and the people he tries to help.

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In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo.

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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.

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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.

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Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.

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A story acted and narrated by men of the Merchant Navy illustrates the way their war is fought: a merchant ship in convoy is sunk by a torpedo; the crew are rescued and later join another ship; and a young seaman among them is motivated to take a gunnery course.

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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.

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A Secrets of Life short about feeding time at the zoo. The film was registered on the Board of Trade's official list under Section 6 of the Films Act as 922ft long (roughly 10 minutes if projected at 24 frames per second)

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The history, development and uses of the oscillograph.

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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.

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Terry from London, on holiday in Devonshire, is introduced to sailing and bird watching on the River Dart.

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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.

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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.

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