Crown Film Unit Movies
- 1945

A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy6.81945HD
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
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- 1951

Life in Her Hands
Life in Her Hands71951HD
A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nurse but then a patient dies while under her care.
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- 1944

Western Approaches
Western Approaches6.41944HD
A World War II drama-documentary showing the struggles of Merchant Navy seamen following an attack by a U-Boat. Western Approaches is a vast area of...
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- 1948

A Yank Comes Back
A Yank Comes Back91948HD
In a follow up to 'A Welcome to Britain', Burgess Meredith returns to look at a post-war Britain.
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- 1946

It Might Be You
It Might Be You01946HD
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
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- 1942

Builders
Builders01942HD
A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.
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- 1942

Coastal Command
Coastal Command6.51942HD
Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and...
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- 1943

We Sail at Midnight
We Sail at Midnight6.51943HD
A short documentary style film it depicts the story of The British obtaining a special tool from America to help with the building of a tank.
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- 1942

Ferry Pilot
Ferry Pilot51942HD
Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day...
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- 1950

Four Men in Prison
Four Men in Prison01950HD
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
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- 1970

The Railwaymen
The Railwaymen01970HD
The Railwaymen shows the public information film moving onto a peacetime footing, and is one of the first films to bear the name of the Central...
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- 1941

Words for Battle
Words for Battle6.51941HD
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...
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- 1944

V.1.
V.1.6.51944HD
Short documentary on the use of the V-1 Flying Bomb during the German bombings of London.
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- 1949

Daybreak in Udi
Daybreak in Udi4.81949HD
An African tribe in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana work to build a maternity hospital, with the aid of government officials, and against the...
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- 1941

Merchant Seamen
Merchant Seamen101941HD
A story acted and narrated by men of the Merchant Navy illustrates the way their war is fought: a merchant ship in convoy is sunk by a torpedo; the...
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- 1943

Fires Were Started
Fires Were Started6.11943HD
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...
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- 1946

Instruments of the Orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra81946HD
British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...
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- 1946

Mr Jones Takes the Air
Mr Jones Takes the Air01946HD
Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause...
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- 1952

Jack of What Trade?
Jack of What Trade?01952HD
Dramatised documentary, intended for schoolchildren, showing the work of a youth employment officer.
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- 1943

A Letter from Ulster
A Letter from Ulster01943HD
A Letter From Ulster (1943). Northern Ireland's greatest film director Brian Desmond Hurst directed the film and his assistant director was fellow...
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