Gaumont British Instructional Movies

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

A Documentary on autumnal farming processes.

A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

Story of young boy and girl who help aircraft designer to outwit gang of spies trying to steal secret plans.

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine...

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold...

The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera...

King Penguins are first seen in their natural habitat, the Antarctic, after which we see them in the Edinburgh Zoo. With slow-motion pictures we see...

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

A documentary on summer farming activities.

The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and...

Documentary highlighting how land has been reclaimed for agriculture in Scotland.

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.