Leslie Mitchell Movies

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses...

Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.

With factories established at Risley, Capenhurst, Springfield and Windscale, Britain's atomic research is forging ahead.

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

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

Visit to concentration camps.

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and...

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s...

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.