Chasing the Blues

Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends well, but with the moral that correspondents should get the address right.

A fond farewell to London's trams - whose peculiarly endearing qualities were discovered only at the threat of their disappearance.

A playful and affectionate look at London Zoo and the people and animals who make up its daily life.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.