Crown Film Unit Filmes

  • 1942
    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

    Listen to Britain

    6.11942HD

    A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...

    Listen to Britain
  • 1945
    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

    6.61945HD

    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
  • 1943
    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

    6.11943HD

    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
  • 1943
    The Silent Village

    The Silent Village

    The Silent Village

    6.81943HD

    The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

    The Silent Village
  • 1945
    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    41945HD

    The occupation of the Channel Islands.

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945
  • 1949
    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    Daybreak in Udi

    4.41949HD

    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
  • 1951
    Mary's Birthday

    Mary's Birthday

    Mary's Birthday

    4.51951HD

    The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

    Mary's Birthday
  • 1950
    From the Ground Up

    From the Ground Up

    From the Ground Up

    01950HD

    Documentary short about how Britain is improving after WWII and what the populace can do to help.

    From the Ground Up
  • 1941
    Target for Tonight

    Target for Tonight

    Target for Tonight

    5.8331941HD

    This is the authentic story of a bombing raid on Germany... how it is planned and how it is executed. Every person seen in the picture is a member of...

    Target for Tonight
  • 1942
    Malta G.C.

    Malta G.C.

    Malta G.C.

    01942HD

    Short WW II documentary

    Malta G.C.
  • 1946
    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

    Instruments of the Orchestra

    01946HD

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

    Instruments of the Orchestra
  • 1951
    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

    01951HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1941
    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    Words for Battle

    6.21941HD

    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
  • 1941
    This Is England

    This Is England

    This Is England

    61941HD

    Edward R. Murrow narrates Humphrey Jennings' short documentary about life in England during wartime.

    This Is England
  • 1940
    Christmas Under Fire

    Christmas Under Fire

    Christmas Under Fire

    6.21940HD

    How Britain coped with a Christmas during the war.

    Christmas Under Fire
  • 1950
    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

    Four Men in Prison

    01950HD

    Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

    Four Men in Prison
  • 1950
    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen

    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen

    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen

    61950HD

    Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

    The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen
  • 1948
    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

    A Yank Comes Back

    01948HD

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

    A Yank Comes Back
  • 1941
    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    01941HD

    Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.

    Ordinary People