Basil Wright Movies

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

Made to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the London County Council, responsible for many of the changes celebrated in the film – modern...

A Defeated People is a 1946 British documentary short film made by the Crown Film Unit, directed by Humphrey Jennings and narrated by William...

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

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

A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as...

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

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

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

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

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

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...