Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Spare Time is a 1939 British film directed by Humphrey Jennings for the GPO Film Unit, and made for the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is 15 minutes...

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

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...

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

Londoners prepare for war.

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

Documentary about the construction of telephone lines.

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

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

British war documentary

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