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  1. Listening to Britain: A Jennings Trilogy (1946 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 69 min., 2004 sale: £18.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A compilation of three classic World War 2 documentaries by Humphrey Jennings: THE HEART OF BRITAIN, LISTEN TO BRITAIN and A DIARY FOR TIMOTHY. (See individual titles for synopses.)

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  2. B.B.C. The Voice of Britain (1935 Film)

    Director
    Stuart Legg
    Producer
    John Grierson; Stuart Legg

    Documentary. Celebrated impressionist study of the work of the BBC. Includes scenes of a rehearsal for a radio broadcast of Macbeth, featuring the three witches, one of whom is played by documentary film...

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  3. An exciting opportunity for emerging documentary filmmakers

    Date
    23 Feb 2017, 16:44
    Author
    Alex Morris
    Post Type
    Post

    Our friends at the BBC and the BFI have an exciting opportunity for emerging documentary filmmakers... To celebrate 75 years since Humphrey Jennings and Stuart McAllister made Listen to Britain the BFI...

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  4. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Three: A Diary for Timothy (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 218 minutes), £19.99

    This is the third and final volume of the British Film Institute’s Dual Format (DVD and Blu-ray) releases that collect the complete directorial output of Humphrey Jennings. It includes the films he made...

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  5. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Two: Fires Were Started (2012)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 211 minutes), £19.99

    Widely considered to be one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings is best known for films which beautifully evoke everyday heroism in times of war and peace. Combining poetic observation and...

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  6. Pett and Pott (1934 Film)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An experimental propaganda film made to encourage people to use the telephone. Equally it is a satire on suburban life and middle-class respectability. The film experiments with various sound techniques -...

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  7. Humphrey Jennings Collection, The (2005)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 184 minutes), £19.99

    Features three films by Humphrey Jennings - LISTEN TO BRITAIN, DIARY FOR TIMOTHY and I WAS A FIREMAN. Also includes a documentary - HUMPHREY JENNINGS:THE MAN WHO LISTENED TO BRITAIN (50 minutes).

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  8. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume One - The First Days (2011)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 211 minutes), £19.99

    The first ever compilation of films all Humphrey Jennings’ films. Widely considered one of Britain’s greatest documentary filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been critically acclaimed for films which...

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  9. Heart of Britain (1941 Film)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Attempts to convey the enormous capacity for endurance that ordinary people had during the war when faced with seemingly intolerable situations. Of special interest because it looks at the whole country’s...

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  10. Spare Time (1939 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 14 min.

    Showing how workers in three industries (steel, cotton and coal) spend their spare time, this film is famous as the first intimation of Humphrey Jennings’ unique style. Jennings had been involved in mass...

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