Crown Film Unit Movies

  • 1945
    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

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    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.

    A Diary for Timothy
  • 1951
    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

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    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.

    Life in Her Hands
  • 1944
    Western Approaches

    Western Approaches

    Western Approaches

    6.41944HD

    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...

    Western Approaches
  • 1948
    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

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    In a follow up to 'A Welcome to Britain', Burgess Meredith returns to look at a post-war Britain.

    A Yank Comes Back
  • 1946
    It Might Be You

    It Might Be You

    It Might Be You

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    A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

    It Might Be You
  • 1942
    Builders

    Builders

    Builders

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    A short film about how builders help contribute to the war effort.

    Builders
  • 1942
    Coastal Command

    Coastal Command

    Coastal Command

    6.51942HD

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

    Coastal Command
  • 1943
    We Sail at Midnight

    We Sail at Midnight

    We Sail at Midnight

    6.51943HD

    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.

    We Sail at Midnight
  • 1942
    Ferry Pilot

    Ferry Pilot

    Ferry Pilot

    51942HD

    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...

    Ferry Pilot
  • 1950
    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

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    Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

    Four Men in Prison
  • 1970
    The Railwaymen

    The Railwaymen

    The Railwaymen

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    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...

    The Railwaymen
  • 1941
    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    6.51941HD

    Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

    Words for Battle
  • 1944
    V.1.

    V.1.

    V.1.

    6.51944HD

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

    V.1.
  • 1949
    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    4.81949HD

    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...

    Daybreak in Udi
  • 1941
    Merchant Seamen

    Merchant Seamen

    Merchant Seamen

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    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...

    Merchant Seamen
  • 1943
    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

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    British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

    Fires Were Started
  • 1946
    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

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    British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...

    Instruments of the Orchestra
  • 1946
    Mr Jones Takes the Air

    Mr Jones Takes the Air

    Mr Jones Takes the Air

    01946HD

    Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause...

    Mr Jones Takes the Air
  • 1952
    Jack of What Trade?

    Jack of What Trade?

    Jack of What Trade?

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    Dramatised documentary, intended for schoolchildren, showing the work of a youth employment officer.

    Jack of What Trade?
  • 1943
    A Letter from Ulster

    A Letter from Ulster

    A Letter from Ulster

    01943HD

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

    A Letter from Ulster