Leslie Mitchell

Oxford

Ralph Bond

Leslie Mitchell

A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.

Atrocities: The Evidence

Leslie Mitchell

Visit to concentration camps.

Genevieve

Henry Cornelius

Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Grand National Night

Bob McNaught

Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister

The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

Basil Dearden, Will Hay

Will Hay, John Mills

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

London Scrapbook

Eugeniusz Cekalski, Derrick De Marney

Bessie Love, Basil Radford

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

Royal Road

Leslie Mitchell

'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War, as well as a showing a glimpse of the royal family's private life in the gardens at Windsor.

Sally in Our Alley

Maurice Elvey

Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Rynox

Michael Powell

Stewart Rome, John Longden

Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik, Head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh. Benedik's son Tony takes over the running of the business and tries to find some lead on Marsh, and why he should have borne a murderous grudge against Benedik Senior. His investigations lead him to the unexpected finding that Marsh never existed.

Berlin Air-Lift: The Story of a Great Achievement

Leslie Mitchell

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.

Men of Africa

Alexander Shaw

Malcolm McDonald, Leslie Mitchell

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org