Tomorrow Is Theirs

This documentary records the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Narrated by Sir Edmund Hillary, the film features the preparation and execution of these historic journeys as Sir Vivian Fuchs and Hillary lead teams from opposite sides of the continent.

Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years.

Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

A dramatised training film for the Military Police showing the correct methods and procedures that should be used in solving a crime.

District Nurse documents the daily work of two community nurses serving a rural district in East Sussex, following their rounds across farms, villages, and isolated homes. The film records home-based medical care, patient instruction, emergency response, and maternal health services, situating nursing practice within the rhythms of rural life. Produced in the early years of Britain’s National Health Service, the film presents community healthcare as a foundational element of postwar social welfare and public service.

Some of the many facets of life in Britain today showing recent developments in industry, atomic power, sport and education, as well as her participation in the United Nations and contribution to the development of the multi-racial Commonwealth.