Basil Wright Movies

The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.

Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of...

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

An overview of the shepherd's life during the lambing season.

Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...

UNESCO-funded "one world" documentary by Paul Rotha and Basil Wright.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Early documentary, slung together from footage depicting the first invasion of North America by Europeans, designed to show industrial technology's...