J.B. Holmes

Ordinary People

J.B. Holmes, Jack Lee

Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.

Ocean Terminal

J.B. Holmes

Michael Goodliffe

Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who work with them are the subject of this film as they reflect in their personal lives some of the drama and romance of its situation. Among them are a tug skipper and his crew, a stewardess on a Cape ship, an assistant wharfinger in charge of handling baggage and freight, a taxi driver, and a pilot taking a great liner down Southampton water at night.

This Is York

J.B. Holmes

A look at the 1953 transport infrastructure of York.

Coastal Command

J.B. Holmes

Roger Hunter, Charles Norman Lewis

Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and U-boats, all done by the actual men & women of the RAF.

This Year – London

J.B. Holmes, John Krish

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

Probation Officer

J.B. Holmes

John Washington, Ronald Drinkwater

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

The People at No. 19

J.B. Holmes

Desmond Carrington, Margery Fleeson

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital promiscuity.

The Way to the Sea

J.B. Holmes

Geoffrey Tandy, Norman Wooland

A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden.

Berth 24

J.B. Holmes

William Devlin, Richard Huson

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".