E. V. H. Emmett Movies

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of...

A Secrets of Life short.

Explores the natural history of the otter, depicted through the fictitious account of a day in the life of Otto the Otter and his mother. The narrator...

Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Gia...

A documentary on the island off the French Riviera where 'bathing in the buff' isn't just practiced, it's highly encouraged!

Focuses upon the journey of child refugees from the Basque Country to temporary accommodation near Southampton, Hampshire [England].

A light-hearted look at the history of the Sea Scouts and the many skills its members can acquire.

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was produce...

The world of fungi captured by micro-cinematography and time-lapse photography.

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship...

On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its original...

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British...

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him...

This ultra-kitsch documentary goes behind the scenes at Murray's Cabaret Club, where Christine Keeler was later a showgirl.