Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in...

“Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.” -...

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and...

The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor.

Short GPO documentary, about mail that is sent out of the country to Switzerland.

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto...

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

When a Parisian bank clerk is tasked with transporting valuable stock certificates to Nice, his scheming rival steals the documents to ruin him and...

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

There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels incognito, is said to be in the city. By chance, the...

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

Men in Danger is a documentary about health and safety in industry, covering occupational diseases and potential accidents. It also covers the...