E. V. H. Emmett Movies

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

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

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The...

They Made the Land (1938) is a documentary showcasing how land in Scotland was reclaimed and cultivated for agriculture. It explores the challenges...

The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography.

A London travelogue.

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

Armand and Michaela Denis visit the Barrier Reef and explore the mysteries of life there - animals, birds, fish and plants, the underwater life....

This peek behind the scenes at Kew Gardens in the 1940s was part of the ever-eccentric Secrets of Life series. Arcadian images of tranquil greenery,...

This film shows how and why the animals which inhabit a pond are dependent one on another for their survival. We see the minnow in pursuit of water...

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the...

A Secrets of Life short.

A look at travelling from London with Britannia Airline to Tokyo to discover Japan, and back via Hong Kong along with a look at the ocean liner...

Travelogue film looking at the sights to see in the Lowlands of Scotland.

A Donatello Golden Plate winning documentary on the Appenines, and on the adventures of a young racoon.

Compiled in 1953, this is a scrapbook-style documentary about Britain’s Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. It charts her transition from childhood to...

A Secrets of Life short about the movement of animals.

A Secrets of Life short about the Sparrow Hawk.