Crown Film Unit Movies
- 1941
Target for Tonight
Target for Tonight5.81941HD
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...
- 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...
- 1949
The People at No. 19
The People at No. 194.51949HD
Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...
- 1945
A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy6.61945HD
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.
- 1942
Malta G.C.
Malta G.C.01942HD
Short WW II documentary
- 1949
Daybreak in Udi
Daybreak in Udi4.41949HD
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...
- 1950
Four Men in Prison
Four Men in Prison01950HD
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
- 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...
- 1945
The Channel Islands 1940-1945
The Channel Islands 1940-194541945HD
The occupation of the Channel Islands.
- 1951
Life in Her Hands
Life in Her Hands01951HD
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.
- 1942
Listen to Britain
Listen to Britain6.11942HD
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...
- 1951
The White Continent
The White Continent71951HD
An account of the first expedition to the Queen Maud Land region of Antarctica.
- 1948
Copy Book Please
Copy Book Please01948HD
This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.
- 1951
Mary's Birthday
Mary's Birthday4.51951HD
The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.
- 1952
Royal Scotland
Royal Scotland6.21952HD
Royal Scotland is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Gerard Bryant. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
- 1946
It Might Be You
It Might Be You01946HD
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
- 1946
Instruments of the Orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra01946HD
British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's...
- 1943
The Silent Village
The Silent Village6.81943HD
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
- 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...
- 1951
Out of True
Out of True61951HD
A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete...