Gaumont British Instructional Movies

  • 1947
    Bush Christmas

    Bush Christmas

    Bush Christmas

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    In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.

    Bush Christmas
  • 1939
    Two Minutes

    Two Minutes

    Two Minutes

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    Follows a young writer, James Selworthy, who is trying to establish himself as a writer. Supported by his wife Molly, he sends off manuscripts to...

    Two Minutes
  • 1944
    Sports Day

    Sports Day

    Sports Day

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    A schoolboy almost misses the school sports day when he is wrongly punished for cruelty to a dog.

    Sports Day
  • 1949
    Proud Canvas

    Proud Canvas

    Proud Canvas

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    Record of a voyage on the four-masted barque "Passat" from Sweden to Capetown.

    Proud Canvas
  • 1947
    Circus Boy

    Circus Boy

    Circus Boy

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    Circus Boy
  • 1941
    Atlantic

    Atlantic

    Atlantic

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    Using diagrams, 'Atlantic' explores the history of the empires surrounding the Atlantic Ocean over the last 600 years.

    Atlantic
  • 1955
    The Gold Express

    The Gold Express

    The Gold Express

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    Claustrophobic train-set comedy-thriller (produced by H.G. Wells son) with an ace reporter coming up against crooks intent on stealing a gold...

    The Gold Express
  • 1947
    The Little Ballerina

    The Little Ballerina

    The Little Ballerina

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    Young girls attend ballet school and make debut performances

    The Little Ballerina
  • 1953
    The Clue of the Missing Ape

    The Clue of the Missing Ape

    The Clue of the Missing Ape

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    Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.

    The Clue of the Missing Ape
  • 1935
    Hedgerows

    Hedgerows

    Hedgerows

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    "Shows how the hedgerows are used by many animals and birds to conceal their homes."

    Hedgerows
  • 1945
    Fresh As a Daisy

    Fresh As a Daisy

    Fresh As a Daisy

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    A retired Major's efforts to hone his golf skills are thwarted by the diminutive but defiant common daisy.

    Fresh As a Daisy
  • 1942
    Once We Were Four

    Once We Were Four

    Once We Were Four

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    The Secrets of Life series (1934-50) may not conform to modern expectations of nature filmmaking, inclined as it is towards giving cute fluffy...

    Once We Were Four
  • 1937
    A Test for Love

    A Test for Love

    A Test for Love

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    In this dramatized warning to young women of the risks of venereal disease, Betty, a shop girl, pays a severe price for just one 'slip'.

    A Test for Love
  • 1947
    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory

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    This documentary starts with the theory as proposed by John Dalton in 1808, and outlines the progress made during the nineteenth century bringing in...

    Atomic Physics Part 1: The Atomic Theory
  • 1938
    See How They Run

    See How They Run

    See How They Run

    01938HD

    A Secrets of Life short about the movement of animals.

    See How They Run
  • 1948
    Circulation

    Circulation

    Circulation

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    A BAFTA award nominated documentary investigating the systematic and pulmonary circulation of the blood in the human body.

    Circulation
  • 1936
    Lupins

    Lupins

    Lupins

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    Short nature documentary by Mary Field and F. Percy Smith.

    Lupins
  • 1938
    They Made the Land

    They Made the Land

    They Made the Land

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    They Made the Land (1938) is a documentary showcasing how land in Scotland was reclaimed and cultivated for agriculture. It explores the challenges...

    They Made the Land
  • 1951
    The Case of the Missing Scene

    The Case of the Missing Scene

    The Case of the Missing Scene

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    The Case of The Missing Scene is a children's crime thriller that has been designed in the tradition of classic British children's films. A camera...

    The Case of the Missing Scene
  • 1951
    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II

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    Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the...

    Human skeleton, muscles, movement and posture - Part II