Gaumont British Instructional Movies

A schoolboy almost misses the school sports day when he is wrongly punished for cruelty to a dog.

Follows a young writer, James Selworthy, who is trying to establish himself as a writer. Supported by his wife Molly, he sends off manuscripts to...

Record of a voyage on the four-masted barque "Passat" from Sweden to Capetown.

In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.

Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

Using diagrams, 'Atlantic' explores the history of the empires surrounding the Atlantic Ocean over the last 600 years.

"Shows how the hedgerows are used by many animals and birds to conceal their homes."

In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.

Short nature documentary by Mary Field and F. Percy Smith.

A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy.

Young girls attend ballet school and make debut performances

This film shows how and why the animals which inhabit a pond are dependent one on another for their survival. We see the minnow in pursuit of water...

The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

A Secrets of Life documentary about bathing time at the zoo. The film was registered on the Board of Trade's official list under Section 6 of the...

A Secrets of Life short about a raven.

This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in...

A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

A study of the Spear Thistle demonstrating the processes of fertilisation.

A Secrets of Life short about the swan.