Movies: Gaumont British Instructional
- 1947
Bush Christmas (1947)
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In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains....
- 1935
Shipyard (1935)
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Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness....
- 1955
The Gold Express (1955)
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Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold shipment on the Scotland to London express. A scatterbrained scientist, a gun-toting dame with revenge on he...
- 1953
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
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Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar....
- 1937
A Test for Love (1937)
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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'....
- 1947
The Fishmonger (1947)
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About a Fishmonger and his working day with a trip to Billingsgate market....
- 1938
What Men Live By (1938)
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A film based on a story by Leo Tolstoy about a cabinet maker, his wife and an angel punished by God....
- 1938
The Road of Health (1938)
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The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and gonorrhea). He then turns to an easel and begins to draw 'the road of health'; the cartoon takes this up in mag...
- 1942
The Life Cycle of the Maize (1942)
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Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage....
- 1937
The Gap (1937)
The Gap01937HD
A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army....
- 1950
Organisation of the Human Body (1950)
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A BAFTA special award nominated documentary that describes, in simple terms, the complete functioning of the human body - skeletal, muscular, vascular, excretory, endocrine and nervous systems...
- 1934
The Cathode Ray Oscillograph (1934)
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The history, development and uses of the oscillograph....
- 1936
Vision (1936)
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Propaganda for the care of the eyesight. Diagrams are used to demonstrate the structure and function of the eye. Eye conditions that can affect the sight are also illustrated....
- 1934
How Talkies Talk (1934)
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Documentary explaining how double bilateral variable area optical soundtracks are recorded onto film and played back in cinemas....
- 1937
The Story of a Disturbance (1937)
The Story of a Disturbance01937HD
The passage of a typical meteorological disturbance across the British Isles is explained by means of animated diagrams and rapid motion film of cloud formation....
- 1936
The Sea Urchin (1936)
The Sea Urchin01936HD
Early stages in the growth of the sea-urchin are presented in microphotography by transmitted and reflected light....
- 1943
Garden Friends and Foes (1943)
Garden Friends and Foes01943HD
How to distinguish and deal with various insects that destroy vegetables....
- 1935
Farming in Autumn (1935)
Farming in Autumn01935HD
A Documentary on autumnal farming processes....
- 1935
Farming in Summer (1935)
Farming in Summer01935HD
A documentary on summer farming activities....
- 1935
Farming in Spring (1935)
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The film opens in January, showing scenes of a frozen pond and shots of the fields. followed by young cattle, or store cattle, being turned out to graze. The ruins of St. Mary's Abbey are in the background. Manure from the yard is loaded onto a tumbr...