Gaumont British Instructional Movies

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

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

Poetic tribute to Mrs Turner's vegetable growing prowess, plus the delights of "wartime steaks".

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

Go with the flow: to gentle but spellbinding effect this innovative natural history film glimpses marine life astride rising tides at Millport on the...

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

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

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

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.

A party of children take an eye-opening tour of John Brown's Shipyard in Clydebank.

Documentary about the building of ships at Barrow-in-Furness.

King Penguins are first seen in their natural habitat, the Antarctic, after which we see them in the Edinburgh Zoo. With slow-motion pictures we see...

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

A study of heredity in man, showing how both good and bad characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next.

The film begins with threshing using a steam engine to drive the drum and elevator, described as "old fashioned". The film explains how the machine...

A Secrets of Life short.

Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold...

Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow.

A Secrets of Life short.

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.