The Clue of the Missing Ape

The Clue of the Missing Ape 1953

6.00

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

1953

The Gap

The Gap 1937

1

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

1937

Bush Christmas

Bush Christmas 1947

5.50

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

1947

Sally the Sparrow

Sally the Sparrow 1945

1

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

1945

Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

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

1

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 actual skeleton with commentary. A man, naked to the waist, also demonstrates the relevant physical processes such as respiration.

1951

Out with the Fishermen

Out with the Fishermen 1947

1

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

1947

A Test for Love

A Test for Love 1937

4.50

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'.

1937

Kings in Exile

Kings in Exile 1938

1

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 later, the hatching of them; the rearing of the young at various stages of their growth are also shown.

1938

Shipyard

Shipyard 1935

5.30

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

1935

Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory 1947

1

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 the size of molecules and atoms then current. (Part 1 of 6)

1947

What Men Live By

What Men Live By 1938

8.00

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

1938

Atlantic

Atlantic 1941

1

Using diagrams, 'Atlantic' explores the history of the empires surrounding the Atlantic Ocean over the last 600 years.

1941

The Case of the Missing Scene

The Case of the Missing Scene 1951

1

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 team takes pictures of rare birds from a hide when a poacher happens to get into the picture. The evidence (namely shot 63) disappears under mysterious circumstances. As always in these films, the case can only be solved with the help of a few bright children.

1951

The Gold Express

The Gold Express 1955

5.00

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 her mind and a pair of eccentric spinster crime novelists – who steal the film – round out the motley band of passengers who cross the path of our intrepid hero as he tries to get his big scoop.

1955