Movies: Gaumont British Instructional

  • 1938
    What Men Live By

    What Men Live By (1938)

    What Men Live By

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    A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God....

    What Men Live By
  • 1947
    Bush Christmas

    Bush Christmas (1947)

    Bush Christmas

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

    Bush Christmas
  • 1937
    A Test for Love

    A Test for Love (1937)

    A Test for Love

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    In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'....

    A Test for Love
  • 1951
    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II (1951)

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

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    Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the joints of the human skeleton. It uses live action and animated medical illustrations as well as an act...

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II
  • 1953
    The Clue of the Missing Ape

    The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)

    The Clue of the Missing Ape

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

    The Clue of the Missing Ape
  • 1937
    The Gap

    The Gap (1937)

    The Gap

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    A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army....

    The Gap
  • 1947
    Iron and Steel Supply of the World

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World (1947)

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World

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

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World
  • 1947
    Out with the Fishermen

    Out with the Fishermen (1947)

    Out with the Fishermen

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    Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea....

    Out with the Fishermen
  • 1951
    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard (1951)

    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard

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

    Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard
  • 1941
    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch (1941)

    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch

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

    Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch
  • 1938
    Kings in Exile

    Kings in Exile (1938)

    Kings in Exile

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    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 how they swim with the use of their flippers and feet. Their mating and incubating of their eggs and ...

    Kings in Exile
  • 1947
    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory (1947)

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

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    This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in Faraday's early experiments in electrolysis, Mendeleeff's Periodic Table, and ending with ideas of t...

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory
  • 1945
    Sally the Sparrow

    Sally the Sparrow (1945)

    Sally the Sparrow

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    Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow....

    Sally the Sparrow
  • 1935
    Shipyard

    Shipyard (1935)

    Shipyard

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

    Shipyard
  • 1942
    Market Town

    Market Town (1942)

    Market Town

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    This promotional film bills the market town of Newark as central to the farming industry, with an array of regional produce and livestock. It was sponsored by the British Council and intended for an international audience....

    Market Town
  • 1942
    The Life Cycle of the Maize

    The Life Cycle of the Maize (1942)

    The Life Cycle of the Maize

    01942HD

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

    The Life Cycle of the Maize
  • 1952
    The Stolen Plans

    The Stolen Plans (1952)

    The Stolen Plans

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

    The Stolen Plans
  • 1943
    Garden Friends and Foes

    Garden Friends and Foes (1943)

    Garden Friends and Foes

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    How to distinguish and deal with various insects that destroy vegetables....

    Garden Friends and Foes
  • 1955
    The Gold Express

    The Gold Express (1955)

    The Gold Express

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    Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold shipment on the Scotland to London express. A scatterbrained scientist, a gun-toting dame with revenge on he...

    The Gold Express
  • 1949
    The Rock Pool

    The Rock Pool (1949)

    The Rock Pool

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    A Secrets of Life short....

    The Rock Pool