Gaumont British Instructional Movies

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...

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

Follows a young writer, James Selworthy, who is trying to establish himself as a writer. Supported by his wife Molly, he sends off manuscripts to...

A wildlife film with a difference: it has A Message for any humans in the house. "The squirrel in the tree, the fox below, the birds, insects, all...

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

The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

Short nature documentary by Mary Field and F. Percy Smith.

The film takes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to...

A schoolboy almost misses the school sports day when he is wrongly punished for cruelty to a dog.

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

A Secrets of Life short.

Record of a voyage on the four-masted barque "Passat" from Sweden to Capetown.

A Secrets of Life short of which the BFI gave this description: "The first part of the film is a speeded-up picture of germination and growth of the...

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

A Secrets of Life short.

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...

A Secrets of Life documentary about bathing time at the zoo. The film was registered on the Board of Trade's official list under Section 6 of the...