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  1. West Indies Calling (1943 Film)

    Director
    John Page
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A group of West Indians, led by writer Una Marson and the test cricketer Learie Constantine, assemble at Broadcasting House to describe the contribution made by them to the war effort. West Indians, of all...

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  2. Highland Doctor (1943)

    Director
    Kay Mander
    Subject
    Health Education; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £20.41

    Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. This DVD comprises a collection of her films of social issues of the day. HIGHLAND DOCTOR (1943) This...

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  3. Battle for Music (1943)

    Director
    Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour
    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

    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...

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  4. Visit Perthshire (1943)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 minutes), £12.99

    A collection archive films about the County of Perthshire. FREEDOM OF ABERFELDY (1943). Aberfeldy hosts troops from the Dominions during World War II. Running time 9 mins b/w. Produced by Campbell Harper...

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  5. Fishermen at War: Atlantic Trawler (1941)

    Director
    Ivan Scott; Frank Sainsbury; J.B. Holmes; Frank Elton
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 63 minutes), £16.33

    War-time documentaries about the dangers faced in the Atlantic by merchant seamen on convoys and the contribution made to the war effort by all civilian seamen. SAILORS WITHOUT UNIFORM (1940) - The lives...

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  6. West Highland (1939)

    Director
    John Gray; Charles Heath; Edward McConnell
    Subject
    History; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 85 minutes), £20.41

    Collection of four transport films about railways in the Scottish Highlands. The first, John Gray’s WEST HIGHLAND (1960) is about the last days of the steam train on the West Highland line between Glasgow...

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  7. Face of Scotland, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £15.99

    Seven films from the Films of Scotland Collection. All restored and produced from digitally transferred high definition masters for superb picture and sound quality. The programme comprises: Seawards the...

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  8. Wealth of a Nation (1938 Film, Video)

    Director
    Donald Alexander
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scotland’s industry and community involvement in the changing economic landscape. A film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.

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  9. Scotland Calling: At the Empire Exhibition 1938 (1938)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (154 minutes), £18.99

    A 2-DVD compilation of films made at and for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, which was held in Glasgow. DVD 1: Seven films made under the direction of John Grierson to spotlight Scotland: FACE OF SCOTLAND:...

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  10. Night Mail (Remastered and Restored) (1936)

    Director
    Harry Watt; Basil Wright
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes (BFI + 92 minutes extras)), £15.99 (BFI) £19.99 (Panamint)

    One of the most critically acclaimed and iconic films produced within the British documentary movement, NIGHT MAIL tells the story of the travelling post office from Euston to Glasgow and the men who worked...

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