With Gaumont-British Instructional (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Shipyard (1935)
24 min | Documentary, Short
The building and launch of an ocean liner.
Director: Paul Rotha
Votes: 71
2. Which Will Ye Have? (1949)
40 min | Short, Drama
Director: Donald Taylor | Stars: John Allen, George Andee, Frank Atkinson, John Brooking
3. The Fishmonger (1947)
10 min | Documentary, Short
About a Fishmonger and his working day with a trip to Billingsgate market.
Director: Gaston Charpentier
Votes: 6
4. Riders of the New Forest (1948)
82 min | Drama
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ivor Bowyer, Jill Gibbs, Michael Caborne, Geoffrey Keen
5. The Face of Britain (1935)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Paul Rotha | Star: A.J. Cummings
Votes: 37
6. The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt (1951)
132 min | Crime, Family
Director: Frank Cadman | Stars: Colin Barlow, Ursula Strachey, Cyril Wentzel
7. Circus Boy (1947)
50 min | Family
An excellent swimmer, Michael Scott is chosen to represent his school at a swimming competition but his nerves unfortunately fail him and he does not stand on the podium. His parents try to... See full summary »
Director: Cecil Musk | Stars: James Kenney, Florence Stephenson, George Stephenson, Denver Hall
8. Trapped by the Terror (1949)
Director: Cecil Musk | Stars: James Kenney, Colin Simpson, Valerie Carton, Ian Colin
Votes: 5
9. This Was England (1935)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary for children, showing the development of agriculture in Suffolk from the Stone Age to the 1930s when manual labour was first being replaced by machinery such as tractors, balers and combine harvesters.
Director: Mary Field | Star: William Aldred
Votes: 5
10. The Road of Health (1938)
12 min | Short
Part promotional, part educational 'British Social Hygiene Council' sponsored film is focused on the two main venereal diseases of the time, syphilis and gonorrhoea. The film takes the form... See full summary »
Director: Brian Salt
Votes: 11
13. Case of the Old Rope Man (1952)
18 min | Short, Drama
Director: Darrell Catling | Stars: James Carney, Howell Davies, Philip Lennard, David Tearle
14. Scotland for Fitness (1938)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Brian Salt | Star: Sir Iain Colquhoun
15. Under the Frozen Falls (1948)
55 min | Family
Director: Darrell Catling | Stars: Harold Warrender, Jacques Brown, Ray Jackson, Peter Scott
16. What Men Live by (1938)
42 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A film based on the story by Leo Tolstoy about a shoemaker, his wife and an angel punished by God.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Esmond Knight, Eliot Makeham, Olga Lindo, Grant Sutherland
Votes: 21
17. Fitness Wins: 4 and 20 Fit Girls (1940)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mary Field | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
Votes: 8
19. The Gap (1937)
38 min | Documentary, Short
This dramatized documentary short film explains "the gap," the areas of British air-raid defense which are unattended due to shortages of manpower. Airmen and gunnery soldiers are told that... See full summary »
Director: Donald Carter | Stars: G.H. Mulcaster, Patric Curwen, Carleton Hobbs, Jack Vyvyan
20. They Made the Land (1938)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary highlighting how land has been reclaimed for agriculture in Scotland.
Director: Mary Field | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
21. From the Seven Seas (1942)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Leon Schauder | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
22. Daisy Bell Comes to Town (1937)
Short
Director: J.B. Holmes | Stars: V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Winifred Hindle
27. The Mysterious Poacher (1950)
49 min | Drama, Family
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Herbert Leidinger, Herbert Navratil, Vera Kulicek, Fritz von Friedl
28. A Test for Love (1937)
28 min | Documentary, Drama
Dramatised documentary on venereal disease.
Director: Vernon Sewell
Votes: 13
29. From Fear to Faith (1946)
19 min | Short, Drama
Director: James Swackhammer | Stars: Robert Adams, Gordon Mulholland
30. He Would A-Wooing Go (1936)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary look at the life cycle of a frog.
34. Hereford Pedigree Cattle (1937)
10 min | Documentary, Short
How cows and bulls are selected for breeding and selling.
Director: Mary Field
35. The Ten Year Plan (1945)
17 min | Documentary, Short
The British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Megs Jenkins, Charles Hawtrey
36. Lupins (1936)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The development and structure of the lupin, with attention paid to growth, development and pollination.
37. Once We Were Four (1942)
Documentary, Short
Nature study of four young rabbits.
Director: Mary Field | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
38. Safety First (1938)
9 min | Documentary, Short
How plants and animals defend themselves against difficult weather conditions and their natural enemies.
Director: Mary Field | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
Votes: 5
39. Onychophora and Myriapoda (1940)
Documentary, Short
Director: J.V. Durden | Star: Carleton Hobbs
40. Mrs T and Her Cabbage Patch (1941)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mary Field | Star: William Ashley
Votes: 5
42. Paving the Way (1942)
11 min | Documentary, Short
The merits of joining a youth club.
Director: Stanley Irving
43. The Development of English Railways (1936)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Andrew Miller Jones
44. Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing (1940)
22 min | Short
Short film made at the request of the Air Ministry Chief Inspector of Accidents highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage.
Stars: Philip Friend, Patricia Roc, Basil Sydney
47. Fitness Wins the Game (1940)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Men run, jump. throw, and dribble, to keep fit for Britain's war effort.
Director: Donald Carter | Star: E.V.H. Emmett
50. Pen Pictures from Denmark: Letter 4 (1949)
Documentary, Short
Directors: Isabel Elder, John C. Elder