Movies

Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.

History - and natural history - filmed on location in Selborne, East Hampshire. This unusual edition of the long-running series Secrets of Life tells...

Compiled in 1953, this is a scrapbook-style documentary about Britain’s Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. It charts her transition from childhood to...

A flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones...

A Secrets of Life short.

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

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the...

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

A Secrets of Life short about waterfowl.

Go with the flow: to gentle but spellbinding effect this innovative natural history film glimpses marine life astride rising tides at Millport on the...

A look at London's Soho in the mid-1950s.

Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast.

The World's First Three Dimensional Advertising Film In Colour for Capstan cigarettes.

A Secrets of Life short about the tawny owl.

A Secrets of Life short about the sawfly.

A Secrets of Life short about the production of seeds.

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett,...

Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.

A Secrets of Life short.