Eastern Valley

Birth-day

Encourages mothers to seek medical advice from the earliest stages of pregnancy and to take advantage of existing maternity services.

Fair Rent

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.

Today We Live

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney, Gloucestershire, and the building of an occupational centre in the depressed mining village of Pentre in the Rhondda Valley, Wales.

Hello! West Indies

About the war effort in the West Indies.

Dover, Spring 1947

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.

Cotton Come Back

A short film trying to stop people in the North of England from worrying about losing their cotton industry jobs.

Mining Review 20th Year No. 9

The 237th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Includes the articles: 'Marilyn', 'Sight Restored' and 'North Star'.

Five and Under

Childcare for working women during the Second World War.

Wealth of a Nation

A documentary examining the industries of Scotland, new and old.