Made at the height of 'cold war' paranoia, this drama-documentary shows the work of the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, who's duties included the issuing of public warnings of any nuclear missile strike and the subsequent fallout.
An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.
The Tide of Traffic is a 1972 British short documentary film directed by Derek Williams, made by British Petroleum as a contribution to the UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm 1972. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
British fictionalised propaganda drama on the need for women to accept separation from, and loss of, their husbands.
After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the development of the benzediazepine range of psychotropic compounds, from librium, twelve years ago, to the latest - nobrium, as treatments for human anxiety.
Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at how Myron Kinley and his team extinguished an out of control oil installation fire at Naft Safidi in Iran in 1951 that had been burning for 26 days.
Storyline Roger Henderson, the young son of a wealthy British gentleman, lives in one of those grand British country estates surrounded by huge gardens. When a Rembrandt painting is stolen from the vault in the basement of the mansion, Roger and John Wilson (young son of the butler) discover a secret tunnel leading from the vault to another building on the estate. They then set out on a dangerous mission to bring the smugglers to justice.
A BAFTA award nominated dramatised documentary telling the story of two steelworkers who attempt to climb a rock in the Dolomites.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary intended for secondary schools exploring the three distinct geographical regions of Germany from a British perspective.
A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the life and work of the blacksmith since mediaeval times.
A documentary that follows the flight of a BOAC Lancastrian airliner travelling from London to Sydney that offers some observations from the passengers and of the places en route (Sicily, Lydda, Karachi, Singapore and Darwin).
A day in the life of insurance agent Mr Smith, who will die as a result of a road accident.
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking the River Indus during the dry and monsoon seasons, and about how it's resources are utilised.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary following a twenty-four hour tour of duty with officers of the Metropolitan Police Traffic Division.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary explaining what proteins are, how they work and why we need them.
Brazenly experimental, the film illuminates the debilitating effect of mental illness, imaginatively but discreetly conveying the message of its sponsor (Roche) while showing real insight and sensitivity towards its subjects. Its brutally graphic opening brings mental turmoil sharply into focus.
Life in Merseyside, showing the role of the region's two newspapers, the Liverpool Daily Post and the Echo. The story of the production of the newspapers is interwoven into the lives of the Merseysiders.
