Basil Wright Movies

Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of...

A celebration of the importance of the British countryside.

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the...

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...

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

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.