John Taylor

The problem of slum dwellings in the 1930s.

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.

Southampton's role as a major cargo centre, showing cargo operations at the deep water quays and in the modern transit sheds.

Shows the workings of Britain's Air Post service.

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children; the Potts are unconventional and unhappy, without children.

Documentary focusing on the conflict in Ukraine and the subsequent downing of civilian airliner MH17. With access to both Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, the film offers a unique insight into this war on Europe's doorstep.

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

On the shortest journey you pass a church or two. Out of the 20,000 churches in Britain, the artist, John Piper, whose work contributes to the glory of England's churches, selects and describes a church built in each of the last nine centuries, from Norman times to the present day. Accompanied by the music of Peter Racine Fricker, he reveals the beauty and riches of architecture, decoration, carving and sculpture aged in mellow stone and weathered glass; the art of the wood carver and the sculptor, and in doing so finds that through the centuries the portrayal of the human face and figure has been an unfailing source of inspiration to all who have brought their talents to the service of the Church.

Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

The story of the North Sea herring fleets from Yarmouth and Lowestoft to Shetland.

A record of a winter journey, when a farmer decides to move his whole stock by rail from Yorkshire to Sussex.

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.

A stark warning about Britain’s coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner gas/electric power, processed smokeless fuels, and better housing—presaging the Great Smog of 1952 and the Clean Air Act of 1956.