Basil Wright Movies

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

In a bid to encourage city-dwellers to leave behind the restrictions of war, 'The Green Girdle' escapes from the austere urban landscape of...

Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of...

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the...

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.