Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Londoners prepare for war.

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

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

British war documentary

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.