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Contains the Benjamin Britten composition ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell’ better known as ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’. Through the co-operation of the composer,...
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.)
The Allies’ problem of how to deal with 18 million prisoners of all nations liberated on the fall of Germany.
A picture of the intensive V-1 attack on Southern England in June 1944, of the destruction of the flying bombs by the combined efforts of the Anti-Aircraft, Balloon and Fighter Commands, and of the damage done.
A story of the Atlantic convoys. Survivors of a torpedoed merchantman, adrift in a lifeboat in the Atlantic, are shadowed by a German U-boat waiting to torpedo the ship coming to their rescue. (Much of the...
A compilation of two World War 2 films: 1) THE SILENT VILLAGE (1943, producer, director, scriptwriter: Humphrey Jennings; editor: Stewart McAllister; photographer H E ‘Chick’ Fowle; produced by the Crown...
Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...
A dramatised wartime documentary presenting the work of the officers and the ordinary men and women of the Coastal Command in the RAF. Follows the fortunes of the Sunderland Flying Boat T-Tommy as it patrols...
One day in the life of an Auxiliary Fire Service unit in the London Blitz. This is the full version of the cinema classic FIRES WERE STARTED, which captured the mood of a Britain under siege. Using real...
A compilation of seven short films produced by the Ministry of Information on the activities of women and children whose lives were affected in various ways by the World War 2. Focuses on women in factories,...
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