Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Londoners prepare for war.

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime...

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.

The laying of underground telephone cables.

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

Men in Danger is a documentary about health and safety in industry, covering occupational diseases and potential accidents. It also covers the...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...