Gaumont British Instructional Movies

This promotional film bills the market town of Newark as central to the farming industry, with an array of regional produce and livestock. It was spon...

A Secrets of Life short.

A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War -...

Young girls attend ballet school and make debut performances

Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary investigating the systematic and pulmonary circulation of the blood in the human body.

A documentary on the English language and it's origins.

Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.

About a Fishmonger and his working day with a trip to Billingsgate market.

Using diagrams, 'Atlantic' explores the history of the empires surrounding the Atlantic Ocean over the last 600 years.

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

A Documentary on autumnal farming processes.

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine wo...

A Secrets of Life short.

Propaganda for the care of the eyesight. Diagrams are used to demonstrate the structure and function of the eye. Eye conditions that can affect the si...

The passage of a typical meteorological disturbance across the British Isles is explained by means of animated diagrams and rapid motion film of cloud...

Early stages in the growth of the sea-urchin are presented in microphotography by transmitted and reflected light.

As the orchards come alive with berries, cherries, apples and plums, a Kentish summer blossoms on film.

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

A Secrets of Life short.