Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

Spare Time is a 1939 British film directed by Humphrey Jennings for the GPO Film Unit, and made for the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is 15 minutes...

The laying of underground telephone cables.

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds.

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

“Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...