Basil Wright Movies

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary is about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy...

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

Peter and his friends find unexpected and exciting adventures when all their wishes are granted by a magic marble.

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of...

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Weiss’s classic B&W agitprop short made after his escape to London just ahead of the Nazis. He carried with him three reels of material for his...

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern...

A Defeated People is a 1946 British documentary short film made by the Crown Film Unit, directed by Humphrey Jennings and narrated by William...

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his...

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.