Leslie Mitchell
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Department: Acting
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Before Hindsight
Overview: Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of events: straight propaganda, the stricture to provide entertainment, and the attempt to be objective all contributing to this. Lewis and producer Elizabeth Taylor-Mead have constructed their argument well, but it is Jonathan Dimbleby's brief comments towards the end that contain the crucial lesson: forty years on, the same forces work to distort our view of Northern Ireland. The film only indicates this to be the case, but it is precise and coherent enough to make the point with considerable force.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-23
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The Birth of Television
Overview: In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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Genevieve
Overview: Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-28
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Himalayan Epic
Overview: In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and Nanda Devi East resulted in the death of two members of the expedition. Expedition leader Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vignes disappear on the ridge somewhere below the main peak. Tenzing Norgay is part of a support team on this expedition; he and Louis Dubost climb Nanda Devi Est in search of the two missing people. A few years later, Tenzing discovered that Nanda Devi was the most difficult climb he had ever made.
Genres: Documentary Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-04-18
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Grand National Night
Overview: The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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This Jet Age
Overview: Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-05
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Farnborough Air Show 1949
Overview: Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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Mastery of the Air
Overview: Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-07
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Royal Destiny
Overview: Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s young life up to her ascension to the throne.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-02
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Television Comes to London
Overview: In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight into production routine. There will be many shots behind the scenes. One sequence, for instance, will show Adele Dixon as she appears to viewers in the Variety at 3.30 this afternoon, and will then reveal the technical staff and equipment in the studio that made this transmission possible.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-02
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The Heart of a Man
Overview: Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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Sally in Our Alley
Overview: A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-09
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The Sky’s the Limit
Overview: Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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Rynox
Overview: Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-04
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Atomic Explosion Heard in Russia
Overview: On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses breaking, and windows shattering, as a nuclear mushroom shape filled the skies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-29
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Royal Road
Overview: 'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War, as well as a showing a glimpse of the royal family's private life in the gardens at Windsor.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-20
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Oxford
Overview: A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-23
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Overview: A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-23
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London Scrapbook
Overview: Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-30
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Atrocities: The Evidence
Overview: Visit to concentration camps.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-04
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Men of Africa
Overview: A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-01
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Berlin Air-Lift: The Story of a Great Achievement
Overview: Brief summary of the Berlin airlift taken from newsreel material.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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S.O.S.
Overview: A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-20
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