Movies: Gaumont British Instructional
- 1938
What Men Live By (1938)
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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....
- 1947
Bush Christmas (1947)
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In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains....
- 1937
A Test for Love (1937)
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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'....
- 1951
Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II (1951)
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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...
- 1953
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
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Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar....
- 1937
The Gap (1937)
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A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army....
- 1947
Iron and Steel Supply of the World (1947)
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Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film....
- 1947
Out with the Fishermen (1947)
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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....
- 1951
Visit to a Shipbuilding Yard (1951)
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A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank....
- 1941
Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch (1941)
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Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks"....
- 1938
Kings in Exile (1938)
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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 ...
- 1947
Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory (1947)
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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...
- 1945
Sally the Sparrow (1945)
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Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow....
- 1935
Shipyard (1935)
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Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness....
- 1942
Market Town (1942)
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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....
- 1942
The Life Cycle of the Maize (1942)
The Life Cycle of the Maize01942HD
Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage....
- 1952
The Stolen Plans (1952)
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Story of young boy and girl who help aircraft designer to outwit gang of spies trying to steal secret plans....
- 1943
Garden Friends and Foes (1943)
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How to distinguish and deal with various insects that destroy vegetables....
- 1955
The Gold Express (1955)
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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...
- 1949
The Rock Pool (1949)
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A Secrets of Life short....