Crown Film Unit Movies

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...

Short WW II documentary

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.

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...

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

British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

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.

Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence...

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."

Film illustrating the scope of London Transport activities at their most extensive. These include shaping the transport system by collating numbers...

Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst...

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete...

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

Documentary style presentation of the work of RAF Coastal Command. Shows their work in protecting convoys and attacking enemy aircraft, ships and...

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

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

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

An account of the first expedition to the Queen Maud Land region of Antarctica.