Basil Wright Movies

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

In a bid to encourage city-dwellers to leave behind the restrictions of war, 'The Green Girdle' escapes from the austere urban landscape of...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of...

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Grierson set out to make "propaganda," and this film--with it's voice-over proclaiming the great value of the British industrial worker, without a...

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the...

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.