Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Documentary on savings

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she...

Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

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

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

British war documentary

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

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

French Resistance propaganda film. Filmed in wartime London and distributed to the Free French troops in England and Canada. Germaine Sablon...

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

The laying of underground telephone cables.