Leslie Mitchell Movies

Newsreels from the '30s constitute the bulk of this fascinating documentary, clearly illustrating that the public was fed an extremely biased view of...

In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas set out to conquer Nanda Devi (7,800 m). The attempt to cross the ridge between the main peak and...

The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder...

Documentary featuring aircraft from the 1953 Farnborough Airshow.

Highlights from the 1949 Farnborough Air Show.

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

Produced by British Movietone for “Her Majesty’s Central Office of Information”, Royal Destiny traces Queen Elizabeth II’s young life up to her ascens...

In this film, specially taken for the BBC, viewers are given an idea of the growth of the television installation at Alexandra Palace and an insight i...

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tri...

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiv...

On August 29, 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb. Locals heard a roar, followed by the earth shaking, the walls of clay houses breaki...

'Royal Road' takes a look at both the public-facing activities of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) during the Second World War, a...

A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and Sout...

Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

Visit to concentration camps.