Crown Film Unit 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...

An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the...

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.

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of...

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

Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day...

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

An explanation of what is involved in the devaluation of sterling.

Documentary by Humphrey Jennings

Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and...

Tradition, dance and song, modern customs and development and welfare services in the Caribbean Islands.

A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all...

A dramatised account of Norwegian fishermen outwitting occupational forces during World War II, directed by Jiří Weiss and written by...

A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

Documentary short about how Britain is improving after WWII and what the populace can do to help.

A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.