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  1. Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies; History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £15.99

    Feature film from a story by Graham Greene. The village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops dsguised as British soldiers as part of Hitler’s plan for the invasion of Britain. Music by William...

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  2. 30s Britain Volume 1: Granton Trawler (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of five films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘Granton Trawler’ (1934) directed by John Grierson. About a trawler fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘Coal Face’ (1935) directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. An...

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  3. Midsummer Day’s Work, A (1939 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 13 min.

    During the ominously perfect summer that preceded the outbreak of the World War 2 men are laying an underground telephone cable in the Chilterns from Amersham to Aylesbury, about 18 miles. Along the route...

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  4. Britain in the Thirties

    Director
    Edgar Anstey; Vivian Brau; Alberto Cavalcanti; Arthur Elton; Humphrey Jennings; London Kino Group; Len Lye; Richard Massingham; Norman McLaren; Basil Wright
    Subject
    History

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  5. Mony a Pickle (1939 Video)

    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

    A slightly tongue-in-cheedk comedy on the theme of thrift, which was made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank. It is divided into an introduction and five short episodes, the most ambitious of which...

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  6. Squadron 992 (1940 Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 26 min.

    In response to a request for a film that showed the importance of balloon barrage, Harry Watt made this drama-documentary about the training of a balloon squadron and its first assignment to the Forth...

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  7. Men of the Lightship (1940 Video)

    Director
    David MacDonald
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min.

    'Year in, year out, all round our coasts, the beam of the lightship shines through the night and its siren pierces the fog banks. Light and fog signals reach vessels of all nations equally, and for three...

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  8. Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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  9. We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

    Director
    Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

    The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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  10. N or Nw (1937 Video)

    Director
    Len Lye
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 7 min.

    Len Lye’s first non-abstract film. The story concerns a girl who is on the point of breaking off her engagement when the wrongly addressed letter of apology from her fiancé finally arrives. The theme is...

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