Leslie Mitchell

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edgar Anstey

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dinah Sheridan

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roger Duplat

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Nigel Patrick

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...

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Cast: Frankie Vaughan

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

Genre: Romance

Cast: Gracie Fields

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

Genre: Music

Cast: Jack Buchanan

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stewart Rome

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: 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,...

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

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

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

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

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Will Hay

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

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Cast: Bessie Love

Visit to concentration camps.

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Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...

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Cast: Malcolm McDonald

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leslie Mitchell