Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

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...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

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

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted...

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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

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...

A compilation tracing the history of realist cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Divided into five parts, it covers the development of...

British war documentary

Londoners prepare for war.