Gaumont British Instructional Movies

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

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

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

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

A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

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...

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

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

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

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

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

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...

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

This promotional film bills the market town of Newark as central to the farming industry, with an array of regional produce and livestock. It was...

E.V.H. Emmett narrates this propaganda short about how sacrifices on the home front support the war effort.

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

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold...

Birds of the Farne Islands.

Part of the Junior Biology series, this study of pin mould is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

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'.