Basil Wright Movies

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of...

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau,...

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

In a bid to encourage city-dwellers to leave behind the restrictions of war, 'The Green Girdle' escapes from the austere urban landscape of inner-city London and savours the natural delights of the capital’s rural surroundings.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at an exhibition of Da Vinci's drawings at Burlington House in London, marking the quincentenary of his birth.

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Allied propaganda from WW2 that serves as a showcase of democracy.

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of routine office work.

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.