Gaumont British Instructional Movies

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

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

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

A Documentary on autumnal farming processes.

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

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and...

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

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

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.

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...

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

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

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

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine...

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

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

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

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...

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