Charles Frend

Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks ...

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as ‘All at Sea’

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. ...

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of ...

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their ...

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole ...

British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she ...

The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and ...

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.