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

The Gap

The Gap 1937

1

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

1937

Bush Christmas

Bush Christmas 1947

5.70

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

1947

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

Human skeleton, structure and joints - Part I

Human skeleton, structure and joints - Part I 1951

1

A teaching film about the human skeleton with animated medical illustrations as well as an actual skeleton with commentary. A man, naked to the waist, also demonstrates the relevant anatomy. X-ray cineradiography illustrates the movement of the arm.

1951

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

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

Fresh As a Daisy

Fresh As a Daisy 1945

1

A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy.

1945

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

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

The Stolen Plans

The Stolen Plans 1952

1

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

1952

The Life Cycle of the Maize

The Life Cycle of the Maize 1942

1

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

1942

London Pigeon

London Pigeon 1940

1

Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.

1940

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