Humphrey Jennings Movies

A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many...

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Londoners prepare for war.

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

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

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place...

The Eighth Army famously adopted a German song in the Western Desert. The Crown Film Unit traces the journey of Lili Marlene from its composition in...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

Osbert Lancaster, James Fisher, John Ormston and Ralph Vaughn Williams meditate on the history and culture of England.

Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service.

The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.