Title from title screen. Song of Ceylon: Narrator, Lionel Wendt. Pett and Pott: J.M. Reeves, Marjorie Fone, June Godfrey, Bruce Winston, Eric Hudson, Barbara Nixon, Jack Scott, Valeska Gert. Night mail: Workers of the Travelling Post Office, Workers of the L.M.S. Railway North Sea: Trawlermen and townspeople of Aberdeen and Post Office radio operators. London can take it!: Narrator, Quentin Reynolds. Desert victory: Narrator, J.L. Hodson. Cameramen at war: Narrator, Raymond Glendenning. Diary for Timothy: Narrator, Michael Redgrave; photography, Fred Gamage; editor, Alan Osbiston; music, Richard Addinsell. Instruments of the orchestra: Narrator, Malcolm Sargent; performers, London Symphony Orchestra. Steps of a ballet: Dancers, Greg Larsen, Alexander Grant, Gordon Hamilton, Elaine Fifeld, Michael Bolton; narrator, Robert Helpmann. Family portrait: Narrator, Michael Goodliffe. David: Comer Roberts, Sam Jones, Gwenyth Petty, Ieuan Davies, Wynford Jones, D.R. Griffiths, John Davies. Originally produced as individual motion pictures between 1929 and 1951.
Contents:
(1940, 9 min.) -- London can take it! (1929, 49 min.) / GPO Film Unit presents ; producer, Cavalcanti ; director, Harry Watt -- side 2. Industrial Britain (1933, 21 min.) / Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Ltd. ; productions, Grierson & Flaherty ; an EMB film -- The song of Ceylon (1934, 37 min.) / a John Grierson production ; directed by Basil Wright ; commentary [written by] Robert Knox -- side 3. Granton Trawler (1934, 11 min.) / New Era Films, Ltd. presents -- Pett and Pott : a fairy tale of the suburbs (1934, 32 min.) / GPO ; John Grierson presents ; directed by A. Cavalcanti -- Coal face (1935, 12 min.) / EMPO ; producer, John Grierson -- side 4. Night mail (1936, 24 min.) / an A.B.F.D. release ; the G.P.O Film Unit presents ; produced by Basil Wright & Harry Watt -- North Sea (1938, 22 min.) / GPO Film Unit presents ; producer, Cavalcanti ; director, Harry Watt -- side 5. London can take it! (1940, 9 min.) -- (1944-45, 39 min.) / diary for Timothy (1942, 18 min.) / by the Crown Film Unit ; commentary written by E.M. Forster ; produced by Basil Wright ; directed by Humphrey Jennings -- sides 5-6. I was a fireman (1943, 72 min.) / produced by Crown Film Unit ; producer, Ian Dalrymple ; with the full cooperation of the Home Office Ministry of Home Security and the National Fire Service ; script and direction, Humphrey Jennings -- side 7. Target for tonight (1941, 49 min.) / the British Ministry of Information presents ; produced by the Crown Film Unit -- sides 7-8. Desert victory (1943, 62 min.) / produced by the Army Film and Photographic Unit and Royal Air Force Film Production Unit ; commentary written by J.L. Hodson -- side 9. Camermen at war (1943, 15 min.) / a British Ministry of Information film ; compiled by Len Lye -- A diary for Timothy (1944-45, 39 min.) / by the Crown Film Unit ; commentary written by E.M. Forster ; produced by Basil Wright ; directed by Humphrey Jennings -- (1951, 38 min.) / David (1947, 20 min.) / World Wide Pictures presents ; produced by James Carr ; written & directed by Paul Dickson ; made for the Welsh Committee of the Festival of Britain through the British Film Institute. Steps of a ballet (1948, 25 min.) / the Crown Film Unit presents ; produced by Alesander Shaw ; directed by Muir Matheson ; a British Council film ; made by the Central Office of Information -- side 11. Family portrait : a film on the theme of the Festival of Britain 1951 (1951, 24 min.) / a Wessex Film production ; written and directed by Humphrey Jennings -- Waverley steps : a visit to Edinburgh (1948, 31 min.) / a Greenpark production ; a Central Office of Information film, for the Scottish Home Department ; produced by Paul Fletcher ; directed by John Eldridge ; written by John Sommerfield -- side 12. David (1951, 38 min.) / World Wide Pictures presents ; produced by James Carr ; written & directed by Paul Dickson ; made for the Welsh Committee of the Festival of Britain through the British Film Institute.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)36763738
Locations:
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